Game #2648
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 5 September 1961
Won
Final
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 30,765
Rotherham United
Villa Park
Villa recover from a 2-goal deficit in the first leg to win the inaugural League Cup competition.
Aston Villa
3-0
Rotherham United
Assist(s) | Alan Deakin | 67' |
KEY MAN
Peter McParland, hit the 109' winner to clinch the first ever League Cup for Villa, Tuesday, 5 September 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 5 September 1961
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Rotherham United
⚽ | 67' Goal, 1-0, Alan O'Neill, Assist by Alan Deakin
⚽ | 69' Goal, 2-0, Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Rotherham United
⚽ | 109' Goal, 3-0, Peter McParland
🕒 | AET Aston Villa 3-0 Rotherham United
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer’s Villa, two goals down from the first leg, are held to a goalless first half before forcing extra time by drawing level by full time from goals from Alan O'Neill and Harry Burrows before Peter McParland hit a 109' winner to win the inaugural League Cup final 3-2 on aggregate.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Rotherham United
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Rotherham United
Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Tuesday, 5 September 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: C. W. Kingston | 🏴 | Newport, -1961
HT Score: 🟨 0-0 |
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
AET Result: 🟩 Won
AET Score: 🟩 3-0
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 138 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 32 🟥 40 | 1.67
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: C. W. Kingston | 🏴 | Newport, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
C W Kingston
CARDS
Villa
None
Rotherham United
None
TEAM NEWS
Peter McParland and Alan O’Neill replace Derek Dougan and Alan Baker.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.27 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.48 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.79 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Tom Johnston | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Rotherham United
GK Roy Ironside | 🏴 |
LB Lol Morgan | 🏴 |
CB Peter Madden | 🏴 |
RB Peter Perry | 🏴 |
M Roy Lambert | 🏴 |
M Ken Waterhouse | 🏴 |
W Keith Bambridge | 🏴 |
W Barry Webster | 🏴 |
F Ken Houghton | 🏴 |
F Alan Kirkman | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Don Weston | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Rotherham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Cup Tied | 1 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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