Game #2656
Aston Villa
4-2-5, 10 PTS
Saturday, 7 October 1961
14th (-4)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
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 | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Substitutes:
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Unused Substitutes:
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None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
Injured | 3 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
Nigel Sims and Allan Jones (debut) replace Geoff Sidebottom and Harry Burrows.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.10 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.57 |
Youngest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 19.45 |
Villa, well below their best, lose out to a Fulham side with Johnny Haynes in top form.
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.
Lost
1-3
🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
Scorer(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 52' |
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 52' |
Match Timeline:
🟢 | 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
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Saturday, 7 October 1961
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1952-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1952-1963
Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
Total 🕒 14 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 27 | 🥅 21 |
League 🕒 13 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 22 | 🥅 20 |
FA Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 7 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 19 | 🥅 6 |
Away 🕒 7 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 15 |
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
🟢 W Allan Jones | 🏴 | #491 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances:
🔴 W Allan Jones | 🏴 | 1961 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #491 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 143 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 32 🟥 43 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Fulham
5-3-4, 13 PTS
Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,000
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Bedford Jezzard | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
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None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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