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Game #2638

Aston Villa

16-9-15, 41 PTS

Wednesday, 19 April 1961

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Lost

9th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Leicester City

17-8-14, 42 PTS

Filbert Street

Attendance: 21,219

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

Leicester City

3-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 69' |

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 19 April 1961

🟢 | 1' Debut, Alfie Hale
🥅 | 6' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Hugh McIlmoyle
🥅 | 27' Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Ken Keyworth
🕒 | HT Leicester City 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 69' Goal, 1-2, Alfie Hale, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 86' Goal, 1-3, (Leicester City), Hugh McIlmoyle
🕒 | FT Leicester City 3-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 19 April 1961

Joe Mercer's Villa's severe fixture congestion continues as they play their ninth game in twenty six days to make it sixteen wins, nine draws and fifteen defeats in forty games following their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, forward Alfie Hale made a goalscoring debut for Villa aged 21 after joining from Waterford United for a fee of £4,500 in June 1960.

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 F Alfie Hale | 🇮🇪 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #53 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #128 |
Wednesday, 19 April 1961

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🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Leslie Hamer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, -1968
Substitute Referee: W. North 22' to 45'
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
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

🕒 125 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 29 🟥 36 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Leslie Hamer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, -1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alfie Hale (debut) and Peter McParland replace Harry Burrows and Jimmy McMorran.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.63 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.86 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.41 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alfie Hale | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Matt Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Gordon Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Len Chalmers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ian White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Richie Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Appleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George Meek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Jimmy Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ken Keyworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Albert Cheesebrough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Hugh McIlmoyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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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

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 19 Apr 1961, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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