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Game #2671

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 6 January 1962

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

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

Matchday Squad:

None

Despite successive defeats, Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up for the FA Cup tie against division three side Palace.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.67 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.43 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.87 |

  • Villa leave it late but beat a lively Palace side who were definitely "up for the cup". Harry Burrows, back to fitness, was again Villa's saviour.

  • Joe Mercer’s Villa narrowly beat third division Palace in a seven goal thriller at Villa Park to progress to the third round of the FA Cup in difficult form.

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Won

4-3

🟩 6 Jan 1962, Villa 4-3 Palace, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Harry Burrows | 10' | 89' | Peter McParland | 23' | Derek Dougan | 52' |

Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 10' | Harry Burrows | 23' | Charlie Aitken | 52' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 10' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 16' Goal, 1-1, (Crystal Palace), Johnny Byrne
🥅 | 17' Goal, 1-2, (Crystal Palace), Uphill
⚽ | 23' Goal, 2-2, Peter McParland, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Crystal Palace
🥅 | 49' Goal, 2-3, (Crystal Palace), Johnny Byrne
⚽ | 52' Goal, 3-3, Derek Dougan, Assist by Charlie Aitken
⚽ | 89' Goal, 4-3, Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-3 Crystal Palace

Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #161 |
Saturday, 6 January 1962

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1958-1969
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1958-1969

Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩

Total 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 3 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 3 |
Home 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 3 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 158 | 🟩 | 75 🟨 35 🟥 48 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
244
🟩
107
🟨
0
244
🟨
57
🟥
0
0
🟥
80
2
🥅
56
373
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
23
🟩
11
🟨
0
23
🟨
4
🟥
0
0
🟥
8
1
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
21
🟩
10
🟨
0
21
🟨
5
🟥
0
0
🟥
6
0
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
46
🟩
15
🟨
0
46
🟨
10
🟥
0
0
🟥
21
1
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
60
🟩
24
🟨
0
60
🟨
14
🟥
0
1
🟥
22
5
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
39
🟩
21
🟨
0
39
🟨
4
🟥
0
18
🟥
14
14
CF Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
10
🟩
5
🟨
0
10
🟨
2
🟥
0
5
🟥
3
4
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
141
🟩
69
🟨
1
141
🟨
31
🟥
0
17
🟥
41
25
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
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🟥
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Player Profile
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
257
🟩
106
🟨
1
257
🟨
58
🟥
0
7
🟥
93
13
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
338
🟩
128
🟨
2
338
🟨
86
🟥
0
121
🟥
124
62
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
109
🟩
55
🟨
0
109
🟨
26
🟥
0
45
🟥
28
20
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

FA Cup

Crystal Palace

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Villa Park

Attendance: 45,147

GK Vic Rouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Terry Long | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH George Petchey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Dennis Uphill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Roy Summersby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Johnny McNichol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
IF Ron Heckman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF John Cartwright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ronnie Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Johnny Byrne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Arthur Rowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

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