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Game #2660

Aston Villa

5-3-6, 13 PTS

Saturday, 28 October 1961

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Lost

15th (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division One

Birmingham City

5-3-7, 13 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,790

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-3

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Birmingham City

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Assist(s) | Norman Ashe | 50' |

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 October 1961

🥅 | 1' Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Jimmy Harris
🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-2, (Birmingham City), Orritt
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Birmingham City
⚽ | 50' Goal, 1-2, Peter McParland, Assist by Norman Ashe
🥅 | 55' Goal, 1-3, (Birmingham City), Jimmy Harris
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Birmingham City

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

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 October 1961
  • Villa suffer a shock defeat to Birmingham after going behind within 39 seconds of the start, despite having more than their fair share of the game and the chances Villa can't make it count. The folly of letting Stan Lynn cross the city looks even more silly now.

  • Joe Mercer’s Villa mark their 150th game under his leadership with a disappointing defeat at home to neighbours Birmingham to make it five wins, three draws and six defeats in fourteen Division One games this season. 

  • Meanwhile, winger Norman Ashe made his final Villa appearance aged 17 before moving on to Rotherham United in March 1963. Ashe had played for Villa between 1959-60 and 1961-62 making five appearances.

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Norman Ashe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1960-61 🕒 5 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 - | #477 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Birmingham City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
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Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

Total 🕒 66 | 🟩 26 | 🟨 22 | 🟥 18 | ⚽ 115 | 🥅 93 |
League 🕒 63 | 🟩 24 | 🟨 21 | 🟥 18 | ⚽ 110 | 🥅 93 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 33 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 64 | 🥅 44 |
Away 🕒 33 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 51 | 🥅 49 |

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

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #150 |
Saturday, 28 October 1961

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🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Norman Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1955-1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

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

🕒 147 | 🟩 | 70 🟨 33 🟥 44 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Norman Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1955-1961

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

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Alan Deakin and Norman Ashe replace Jimmy MacEwan and Jimmy McMorran.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.29 |

Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 29.76 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.68 |

Referee

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, 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 Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Ashe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Gil Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Jimmy Schofield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Terry Hennessey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Graham Sissons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bertie Auld | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Bloomfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mike Hellawell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Bryan Orritt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, 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

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

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

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

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injured | 1 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 28 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

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