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Game #2668

Aston Villa

9-5-7, 23 PTS

Saturday, 16 December 1961

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Drew

7th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Everton

11-4-7, 26 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,939

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Everton

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Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 28' |

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 December 1961

⚽ | 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

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

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 December 1961
  • 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.

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Everton

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1938-39

FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
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Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

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

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🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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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: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

🕒 155 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 35 🟥 46 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: S. Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1960-1961

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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🟨 🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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 |

Referee

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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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 | 🇬🇧 |

MANAGER

Harry Catterick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, 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

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

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

SQUAD STATS
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Everton XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 16 Dec 1961, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

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