Game #2668
Aston Villa
9-5-7, 23 PTS
Saturday, 16 December 1961
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
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 | 🇬🇧 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
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None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 1 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
Joe Mercer names the same line up for a third consecutive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.70 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.76 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 | 17.82 |
Villa go ahead through a fabulously executed free kick routine that's come straight of the training ground however Everton equalise within a minute and Villa can't find a winner. Unbeaten in 6 however, Villa sit comfortably in 7th.
Joe Mercer’s Villa go six unbeaten in the League with four wins to make it nine wins, five draws and seven defeats in twenty one Division One games this season.
Drew
1-1
🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Bobby Thomson | 28' |
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 28' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 28' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🥅 | 29' Goal, 1-1, (Everton), Bobby Collins
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Everton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Everton
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #158 |
Saturday, 16 December 1961
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: S. Yates | 🏴 | Bristol, 1960-1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Referee: S. Yates | 🏴 | Bristol, 1960-1961
Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
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Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 155 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 35 🟥 46 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Everton
11-4-7, 26 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 34,939
GK Albert Dunlop | 🏴 |
RB Alex Parker | 🏴 |
CB Brian Labone | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gabriel | 🏴 |
D George Thomson | 🏴 |
M Brian Harris | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Fell | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Collins | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Roy Vernon | 🏴 |
CF Alex Young | 🏴 |
Harry Catterick | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
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Unused Substitutes:
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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1938-39
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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