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Game #2668

Saturday, 16 December 1961

Attendance: 34,939

Drew

Division One

8th (-1)

Everton

LWWWD

Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

Everton

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Bobby Thomson, second in two games helps Villa extend their unbeaten League run to six games, Saturday, 16 December 1961.

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

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.

Aston Villa

Everton

FIXTURE HISTORY

Everton

Previous 5 vs. Everton: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #158 |
Saturday, 16 December 1961

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | LWWWD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Everton

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TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names the same line up for a third consecutive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.70 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 32.76 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 17.82 |

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 |

Everton

Dunlop, Parker, Labone, Gabriel, Thomson, Collins (g), Harris, Fell, Bingham, Vernon, Young. Manager: Harry Catterick.

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

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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