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Game #2639

Aston Villa

16-9-16, 41 PTS

Saturday, 22 April 1961

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Lost

9th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

12-10-18, 34 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 25,235

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

Manchester City

4-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 49' |

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 22 April 1961

🥅 | 11' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Joe Hayes
🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City), Colin Barlow
🥅 | 30' Goal, 0-3, (Manchester City), Denis Law
🥅 | 43' Goal, 0-4, (Manchester City), Denis Law
🕒 | HT Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 49' Goal, 1-4, Vic Crowe, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Manchester City 4-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 22 April 1961

Joe Mercer's Villa's play their tenth game in twenty nine days to make it sixteen wins, nine draws and sixteen defeats in forty one games following their return to the top flight.

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1955-56

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #54 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #129 |
Saturday, 22 April 1961

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🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
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

🕒 126 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 29 🟥 37 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jim Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Neal, Vic Crowe and Harry Burrows replace Stan Lynn, Peter McParland and Alan O’Neill.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.19 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.11 |

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

Referee
Manager

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
F Alfie Hale | 🇮🇪 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Les McDowall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Bert Trautmann | 🇩🇪 |
CB Barrie Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dave Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Cliff Sear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Kenneth Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Wagstaffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Barlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Joe Hayes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Gerry Baker | 🇺🇸 |
CF Denis Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

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

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

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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

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Squad Bios

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 22 Apr 1961, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

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