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Game #2653

Aston Villa

3-2-3, 8 PTS

Saturday, 23 September 1961

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Won

14th (+4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Blackpool

2-3-5, 7 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,035

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

Aston Villa

5-0

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Blackpool

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Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 41' | Peter McParland | 60' | Norman Ashe | 75' | Mike Tindall | 87' |

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 September 1961

⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows
⚽ | 41' Goal, 2-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackpool
⚽ | 60' Goal, 3-0, Harry Burrows, Assist by Peter McParland
⚽ | 75' Goal, 4-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Norman Ashe
⚽ | 87' Goal, 5-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Mike Tindall
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Blackpool

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

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 September 1961
  • Villa win by 5 to nothing in a performance nowhere near that which they put in on Monday when they were mystifyingly held to a draw by an over-run Manchester United. No one was complaining though as Villa rose to 14th with a team of youngsters showing huge potential.

  • Joe Mercer’s Villa record their biggest win of the season to date to make it three wins, two draws and three defeats in eight Division One games this season.

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

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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

Blackpool

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackpool
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Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

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

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #143 |
Saturday, 23 September 1961

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🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Gilbert Pullin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1951-1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 140 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 32 🟥 41 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gilbert Pullin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1951-1961

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

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.20 |

Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 29.67 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.59 |

Referee

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Norman Ashe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Ron Suart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

GK Gordon West | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Gratrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Barrie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Hauser | 🇿🇦 |
M Bruce Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mandy Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bill Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ray Charnley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

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

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

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

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

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injured | 2 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Reported

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

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