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Game #2669

Saturday, 23 December 1961

Attendance: 21,000

Lost

Division One

10th (-2)

Chelsea

WWWDL

Stamford Bridge

Chelsea

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer’s Villa lose for the first time in seven League games to make it nine wins, five draws and eight defeats in twenty two Division One games this season.

Aston Villa

Chelsea

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #159 |
Saturday, 23 December 1961

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWWDL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Chelsea

TEAM NEWS

Harry Burrows replaces Peter McParland.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.09 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 32.78 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 17.84 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

MANAGER

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
LB Charlie Aitken |
FB Gordon Lee |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek |
M Vic Crowe |
M Alan Deakin |
W Jimmy MacEwan |
W Harry Burrows |
F Ron Wylie |
F Bobby Thomson |
F Derek Dougan |

Chelsea

Bonetti, Shellito, Harris, Young, Moore, Bradbury, Malcolm, Blunstone, Brabrook, Bridges (g), Tambling. Manager: Tommy Docherty.

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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