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Game #2636

Aston Villa

Monday, 10 April 1961

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Drew

Semi Final

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

League Cup

Burnley

Turf Moor

Attendance: 16,094

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

Burnley

1-1

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Aston Villa

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🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 10 April 1961

🥅 | 30' Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), Miller
⚽ | 35' Goal, 1-1, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | HT Burnley 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Burnley 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 10 April 1961

Joe Mercer's play their eighth game in nineteen days as they face off against high-flying top flight outfit Burnley in the first leg of the inaugural League Cup semi final and secure a draw at Turf Moor ahead of the Villa Park return leg.

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Burnley

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1959-60

Aston Villa

Burnley

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Burnley

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #51 |
Manager Game | #126 |
Monday, 10 April 1961

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🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1959-1964
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 123 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 29 🟥 35 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1959-1964 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Terrible refereeing denies Villa two penalty kicks for offences which took place in the area but for which free kicks were awarded just outside.
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Wylie and Alan O’Neill replace Bobby Thomson and Alan Baker.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.62 |

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

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.38 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

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 Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Harry Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Burnley

GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Angus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alex Elder | 🇬🇧 |
M Walter Joyce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
M Gordon Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Connelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Pointer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

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

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

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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 Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor

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