Game #2624
Aston Villa
Saturday, 18 February 1961
Lost
5th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
Villa Park
Attendance: 69,672
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-2
Tottenham Hotspur
Assist(s) | None
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 February 1961
🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), John Neal o.g.
🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Cliff Jones
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
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
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 February 1961
Villa are beaten for the second successive week by a Tottenham side that few, if anyone, could match even on their best days. Although defeat is never solicited or welcome the one upside is that their Cup loss at least means some of the pressure is reduced on Villa's already congested fixture list.
Joe Mercer's Villa lose successive games for the first time since December as they are beaten by Tottenham in consecutive matches to be knocked out of the FA Cup and in so doing lose their fourth game at home this season.
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 | #482 | £15,000 signing from Wolves
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Tottenham Hotspur
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #39 |
Manager Game | #114 |
Saturday, 18 February 1961
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🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴 | Doncaster, 1959-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 111 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 24 🟥 31 | 1.73
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴 | Doncaster, 1959-1965
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Geoff Sidebottom (debut) and Ron Wylie replace Nigel Sims and Alan Deakin
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.62 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.69 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 | 23.28 |
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bill Nicholson | 🏴 |
Tottenham Hotspur
GK Bill Brown | 🏴 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴 |
RB Peter Baker | 🏴 |
LB Ron Henry | 🏴 |
M Dave Mackay | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
M John White | 🏴 |
W Terry Dyson | 🏴 |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Les Allen | 🏴 |
CF Bobby Smith | 🏴 |
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Spurs XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
LB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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