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Game #2680

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 February 1962

Won

9th

WWWDW

Division One

Attendance: 19,598

Fulham

Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

Fulham

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Harry Burrows, scored his second in three to help Villa to five games unbeaten in the League, Saturday, 24 February 1962.

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Saturday, 24 February 1962

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer’s Villa extend their unbeaten run to six including five in League to make it twelve wins, seven draws and eleven defeats in thirty Division One games this season.

Meanwhile, forward Alfie Hale made his final Villa appearance aged 22 before moving on to Doncaster Rovers in July 1962. Hale played for Villa in 1960-61 and 1961-62 making seven appearances and scoring twice.

Aston Villa

Fulham

FIXTURE HISTORY

Fulham

Previous 5 vs. Fulham: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #170 |
Saturday, 24 February 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWWDW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Fulham

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TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.28 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 32.95 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 18.01 |

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 Harry Burrows |
W Jimmy MacEwan |
F Bobby Thomson |
F Jimmy McMorran |
F Alfie Hale |

Fulham

Macedo, Lampe, Langley, Cohen, Mullery, Lowe (ex), Doherty, O’Connell, Cook, Henderson, Haynes. Manager: Bedford Jezzard.

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

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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