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Game #2650

Wednesday, 13 September 1961

Attendance: 9,768

Won

League Cup 1st Round

1st Round

Bradford City

DWWLW

Valley Parade

Bradford City

3-4

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Ron Wylie, scored a brace to see off fourth division Bradford two games after winning the previous season's League Cup, Wednesday, 13 September 1961.

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

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. Meanwhile, midfielder Mike Tindall made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from South Birmingham Boys.

Aston Villa

Bradford City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Bradford: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 4-3 |
Last 5 Games | DWWLW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Bradford City

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.95 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 33.26 |

Youngest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 19.38 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

MANAGER

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 |

Bradford City

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES