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Game #2635

Aston Villa

15-9-14, 39 PTS

Saturday, 8 April 1961

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Drew

8th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division One

Fulham

12-7-20, 31 PTS

Craven Cottage

Attendance: 23,042

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

Fulham

1-1

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Aston Villa

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🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 April 1961

🟢 | 1' Debut, Alan Baker
⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | HT Fulham 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 65' Goal, 1-1, (Fulham), Graham Leggat
🕒 | FT Fulham 1-1 Aston Villa

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

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 8 April 1961
  • Villa's fourth game in seven days sees them come away from Craven Cottage with a point as yet another under-18 makes his debut for Joe Mercer's side - this time 16 year old Alan Baker. Villa need all the playing options they can get as they have just one day before they face Burnley in the Semi Final of the League Cup.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa draw at Craven Cottage as they play their seventh game in seventeen days to make it fifteen wins, nine draws and fourteen defeats in thirty eight games following their return to the top flight. 

  • Meanwhile, forward Alan Baker made his Villa debut aged 16 after joining from Brierley Hill Boys in July 1958.

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #486 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Fulham

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Fulham
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Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #125 |
Saturday, 8 April 1961

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🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Pickles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1957-1964
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 122 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 28 🟥 35 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Pickles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1957-1964

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy Dugdale, Bobby Thomson and Alan Baker (debut) replace John Sleeuwenhoek, Alan O’Neill and Ron Wylie.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.68 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.83 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 16.81 |

Referee

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |

MANAGER

Bedford Jezzard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Fulham

GK Ken Hewkins | 🇿🇦 |
RB George Cohen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Dodgin Jr. | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Robin Lawler | 🇮🇪 |
LB Jim Langley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Mullery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mike Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat O’Connell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Graham Leggat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
IF Johnny Haynes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Maurice Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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

Squad Bios

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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

SQUAD STATS
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Fulham XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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