Game #2661
Aston Villa
5-3-7, 13 PTS
Saturday, 4 November 1961
Lost
19th (-4)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 22,000
Burnley
Turf Moor
11-1-3, 23 PTS
Villa are well beaten by high flying Burnley as Villa's bogey ground of Turf Moor continues to bite. Joe Mercer's men drop to 19th as a result.
Burnley
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 November 1961
🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), John Connelly
🥅 | 23' Goal, 0-2, (Burnley), Jimmy Robson
🕒 | HT Burnley 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 67' Goal, 0-3, (Burnley), Alan Deakin o.g.
🕒 | FT Burnley 3-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer’s Villa lose successive League games for the first time this season and the first time since April to make it five wins, three draws and seven defeats in fifteen Division One games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Burnley
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60
FIXTURE HISTORY
Burnley
Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #151 |
Saturday, 4 November 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: L. J. Tirebuck | 🏴 | Halifax, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 151 | 🟩 | 71 🟨 34 🟥 46 | 1.64
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: L. J. Tirebuck | 🏴 | Halifax, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
L. J. Tirebuck
CARDS
Villa
None
Burnley
None
TEAM NEWS
Gordon Lee, Jimmy MacEwan and Bobby Thomson replace John Neal, Norman Ashe and Mike Tindall.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.81 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.64 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 | 17.70 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Harry Potts | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
Burnley
GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴 |
RB John Angus | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
LB Alex Elder | 🇬🇧 |
M Walter Joyce | 🏴 |
M Brian Miller | 🏴 |
M Gordon Harris | 🏴 |
M Jimmy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
W John Connelly | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Jimmy Robson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Ray Pointer | 🏴 |
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
Burnley XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injured | 1 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
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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