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Game #2631

Aston Villa

14-8-12, 36 PTS

Tuesday, 28 March 1961

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Lost

9th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division One

West Bromwich Albion

14-4-18, 32 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,800

🟥 28 Mar 1961, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-1

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West Brom

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 28 Mar 1961, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 28 March 1961

🟢 | 1' Debut, Mike Kenning
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
🥅 | 73' Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Jack Lovatt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 West Bromwich Albion

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 28 March 1961

Joe Mercer's Villa lose for the first time in five as they play their third game in six days and make it fourteen wins, ten at home, eight draws and twelve defeats, eight away, in thirty four games following their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, winger Mike Kenning made his Villa debut aged 20 after moving from Brookhill in 1957.

🟥 28 Mar 1961, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Mike Kenning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

West Bromwich Albion

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1953-54

Aston Villa

West Bromwich Albion

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Bromwich Albion

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

West Bromwich Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH

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West Bromwich Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #121 |
Tuesday, 28 March 1961

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🟥 28 Mar 1961, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 118 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 27 🟥 33 | 1.7

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mike Kenning replaces Jimmy MacEwan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.77 |

Oldest Player |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.22 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.35 |

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mike Kenning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gordon Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Jock Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Graham Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Don Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Stan Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Burnside | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chuck Drury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alec Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Clive Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Lovatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Derek Kevan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 28 Mar 1961, Villa 0-1 Albion, 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

🟥 28 Mar 1961, Villa 0-1 Albion, 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 Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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