Game #2654
Aston Villa
3-2-4, 8 PTS
Saturday, 30 September 1961
Lost
18th (-4)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 37,920
Tottenham Hotspur
White Hart Lane
5-2-3, 12 PTS
"For 80 minutes [Villa] reduced Spurs to a state of irritated impotence." But the reigning champions score late to send Villa back down to 18th in the table still having not played their two games in hand.
Tottenham Hotspur
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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Saturday, 30 September 1961
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 80' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Terry Dyson
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer’s Villa fail to score for the second time in nine League games to make it three wins, two draws and four defeats in nine Division One games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Tottenham Hotspur
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1960-61
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #144 |
Saturday, 30 September 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: John Osbourne | 🏴 | Ipswich, 1961-1970
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 144 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 33 🟥 43 | 1.65
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Osbourne | 🏴 | Ipswich, 1961-1970
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
John Osbourne
CARDS
Villa
None
Tottenham Hotspur
None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names the same line up for a third consecutive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.22 |
Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 29.68 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 | 17.61 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Bill Nicholson | 🏴 |
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 | 🇬🇧 |
Tottenham Hotspur
GK Bill Brown | 🏴 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴 |
RB Peter Baker | 🏴 |
LB Ron Henry | 🏴 |
M Dave Mackay | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
M John White | 🏴 |
W Terry Dyson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴 |
F Les Allen | 🏴 |
CF Bobby Smith | 🏴 |
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
Spurs XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injured | 2 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
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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