Game #2667
Saturday, 9 December 1961
Attendance: 33,000
Won
Division One
7th (+3)
Ipswich Town
DLWWW
Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0
Ipswich Town
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Peter McParland, scored a brace to help Villa hammer soon to be champions Ipswich at Villa Park, Saturday, 9 December 1961.
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Joe Mercer’s Villa gain speedy revenge over the side that knocked them out of the League Cup the previous month as they hammer Ipswich - a side that, come season end, would win their first League title. As a result Villa make it three successive League wins and a fourth in five matches to make it nine wins, four draws and seven defeats in twenty Division One games this season.
Aston Villa
Ipswich Town
FIXTURE HISTORY
Ipswich Town
Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #157 |
Saturday, 9 December 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-0 |
Last 5 Games | DLWWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Ipswich Town
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up for the first time in thirteen games.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.68 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 32.74 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 17.80 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
LB Charlie Aitken |
FB Gordon Lee |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek |
M Vic Crowe |
M Alan Deakin |
W Jimmy MacEwan |
F Ron Wylie |
F Peter McParland |
F Bobby Thomson |
F Derek Dougan |
Ipswich Town
Bailey, Nelson, Carberry, Compton, Elsworthy, Baxter, Leadbetter, Moran, Stephenson, Phillips, Crawford. Manager: Alf Ramsey.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
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MATCHDAY QUOTES