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Game #2646

Aston Villa

1-1-1, 3 PTS

Monday, 28 August 1961

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Drew

10th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

1-1-1, 3 PTS

Molineux

Attendance: 31,703

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

Wolves

2-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 64' |

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 28 August 1961

🥅 | 10' Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ted Farmer
🚑 | 16' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Johnny Harris
🥅 | 30' Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ted Farmer
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62' Goal, 1-2, Derek Dougan
⚽ | 64' Goal, 2-2, Derek Dougan, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 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

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 28 August 1961
  • Villa are held by ten man Wolves at Molineux in an exciting end to end game to remain 10th in the table. It's the second game in succession that an opposition player has retired from the field of play due to injury.

  • Joe Mercer’s Villa make it one win, one draw and one defeat in three League games this season.

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #136 |
Monday, 28 August 1961

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🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: John Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Prescot, 1955-1967
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

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

🕒 133 | 🟩 | 63 🟨 31 🟥 39 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Prescot, 1955-1967

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

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

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up for the first time this season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.21 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.46 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.19 |

Referee

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Stan Cullis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

GK Malcolm Finlayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Johnny Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ❌ |
RB Eddie Stuart | 🇿🇦 |
D Bill Slater | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ron Flowers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Clamp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alan Hinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Deeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ted Farmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

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

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

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

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

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux

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