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Game #2650

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 13 September 1961

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Won

1st Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Bradford City

Valley Parade

Attendance: 9,768

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

Bradford City

3-4

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Aston Villa

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🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 13 September 1961

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 24' Goal, 2-0, Ron Wylie
⚽ | 37' Goal, 3-0, Ron Wylie
🕒 | HT Bradford City 0-3 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52' Goal, 4-0, Harry Burrows, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | Goal, 4-1, (Bradford City), Bobby Webb
🥅 | 76' Goal, 4-2, (Bradford City), Bobby Webb
🥅 | 89' Goal, 4-3, (Bradford City), Bobby Webb
🕒 | FT Bradford City 3-4 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 13 September 1961
  • In an astonishing game, Villa, having one the previous season's League Cup just eight games before, open up a 4-0 lead over fourth division Bradford before their lower league opposition score 3 goals to leave a game that was already one suddenly in the balance.

  • Joe Mercer’s Villa, beat fourth division Bradford in the first round of the 1961-62 League Cup two games after winning the 1960-61 competition. 

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Bradford City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1910-11

FIXTURE HISTORY
Bradford City
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Previous 5 vs. Bradford: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #140 |
Wednesday, 13 September 1961

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🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 137 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 31 🟥 40 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Charlie Aitken, Stan Lynn, Ron Wylie and Mike Tindall (debut) replace John Neal, Gordon Lee, Alan Baker and Alan O’Neill.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.95 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.26 |

Youngest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 19.38 |

Referee

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Bob Brocklebank (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bradford City

GK Mitch Downie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Tommy Flockett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stan Harland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Storton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Jimmy Lawlor | 🇮🇪 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Bobby Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IF John Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Malcolm Devitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Layne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Derek Hawksworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

SQUAD STATS
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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS
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Bradford XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

UNAVAILABLE
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Injured | 1 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

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