Game #2656
Aston Villa
4-2-5, 10 PTS
Saturday, 7 October 1961
Lost
14th (-4)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 25,000
Fulham
Craven Cottage
5-3-4, 13 PTS
Fulham
3-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 52' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa, well below their best, lose out to a Fulham side with Johnny Haynes in top form.
KEY MAN
Jimmy MacEwan, scored for the second successive game but Villa lose for the fifth time in eleven League, Saturday, 7 October 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 October 1961
🟢 | 1' Debut, Allan Jones
🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Graham Leggatt
🕒 | HT Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52' Goal, 1-1, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 68' Goal, 1-2, (Fulham), Maurice Cook
🥅 | 82' Goal, 1-3, (Fulham), Dave Metchick
🕒 | FT Fulham 3-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer’s Villa keep up their win one lose one form to make it four wins, two draws and five defeats in eleven Division One games this season. Meanwhile, winger Allan Jones made his one and only appearance for Villa aged 19 after joining from Bilston Boys in August 1957. Jones would move on to Nuneaton Borough in February 1962.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Fulham
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Fulham
Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Saturday, 7 October 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1959-1964
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 143 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 32 🟥 43 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1959-1964
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Fulham
None
TEAM NEWS
Nigel Sims and Allan Jones (debut) replace Geoff Sidebottom and Harry Burrows.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.10 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.57 |
Youngest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 19.45 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Allan Jones | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Bedford Jezzard | 🏴 |
Fulham
GK Tony Macedo | 🏴 |
RB Barry Mealand | 🏴 |
CB Bill Dodgin Jr. | 🏴 |
LB Jim Langley | 🏴 |
M Alan Mullery | 🏴 |
M Dave Metchick | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Eddie Lowe (ex) | 🏴 |
W Pat O’Connell | 🏴 |
W Graham Leggat | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IF Johnny Haynes | 🏴 |
CF Maurice Cook | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
Fulham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injured | 3 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
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
🟢 W Allan Jones | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 W Allan Jones | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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