Game #2657
Aston Villa
Monday, 9 October 1961
Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 17,775
West Ham United
Upton Park
Villa's kids, or Mercer's Minors as they are now known, turn it on again in the League Cup and defeat West Ham on their own patch to set up a third round tie with Ipswich.
West Ham United
1-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 35' | 85' | Mike Tindall | 44' |
KEY MAN
Peter McParland, scored to help Villa to a 3-1 League Cup victory over West Ham, Monday, 9 October 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 9 October 1961
🥅 | 26' Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Musgrove
⚽ | 35' Goal, 1-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Harry Burrows
⚽ | 44' Goal, 2-1, Harry Burrows, Assist by Mike Tindall
🕒 | HT West Ham United 1-2 Aston Villa
💥 | 70' Player left field of play injured, (West Ham United), Phil Woosnam
⚽ | 85' Goal, 3-1, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT West Ham United 1-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer’s Villa keep up their win one lose one form to see off division one rivals West Ham in the League Cup second round.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
West Ham United
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
West Ham United
Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #15 |
Manager Game | #147 |
Monday, 9 October 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 147 | 🟩 | 70 🟨 33 🟥 44 | 1.65
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
Unknown
CARDS
Villa
None
West Ham United
None
TEAM NEWS
Geoff Sidebottom, John Sleeuwenhoek, Harry Burrows, Alan Baker and Jimmy McMorran replace Nigel Sims, Jimmy Dugdale, Vic Crowe, Alan Deakin and Allan Jones.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.36 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.57 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 17.31 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Ron Greenwood | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴 |
West Ham United
GK Lawrie Leslie | 🏴 |
RB Joe Kirkup | 🏴 |
CB Bobby Moore | 🏴 |
RB John Bond | 🏴 |
D Ken Brown | 🏴 |
M Tony Scott | 🏴 |
W Malcolm Musgrove | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Alan Sealey | 🏴 |
F John Dick | 🏴 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 |
CF Geoff Hurst | 🏴 |
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
West Ham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injured | 3 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
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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