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Game #2618

Aston Villa

13-4-9, 30 PTS

Saturday, 21 January 1961

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Drew

6th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

10-5-12, 25 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 31,885

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Blackburn Rovers

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🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 January 1961

🥅 | 14' Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Bryan Douglas
🥅 | 19' Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Bryan Douglas
⚽ | 24' Goal, 1-2, Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 29' Goal, 2-2, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Blackburn Rovers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Blackburn Rovers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 January 1961

Joe Mercer's Villa with just three defeats in their last nineteen make it thirteen wins, ten at home, four draws and nine defeats, seven away, in twenty six games following their return to the top flight.

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1927–28

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Saturday, 21 January 1961

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🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: J. G. Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, -1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

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Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 105 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 22 🟥 29 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: J. G. Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Fred Potter replaces Nigel Sims.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.70 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.86 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.16 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jack Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Brian Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Matt Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ken Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Bray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Chris Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy McEvoy | 🇮🇪 |
W Ally MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Bryan Douglas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
F Peter Dobing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, 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

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 21 Jan 1961, Villa 2-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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