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Game #2647

Aston Villa

2-1-1, 5 PTS

Saturday, 2 September 1961

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Won

8th (+2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division One

Sheffield United

2-1-2, 5 PTS

Bramall Lane

Attendance: 18,500

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

Sheffield United

0-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 42' | 68' |

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 September 1961

⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 68' Goal, 2-0, Derek Dougan, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 0-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 September 1961

Joe Mercer’s Villa make it two wins, one draw and one defeat in four League games this season.

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Sheffield United

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25

Aston Villa

Sheffield United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #137 |
Saturday, 2 September 1961

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🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1955-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

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Timeline
On This Day
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Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 134 | 🟩 | 64 🟨 31 🟥 39 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1955-1963
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jimmy Dugdale replaces John Sleeuwenhoek.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.32 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.47 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.21 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

John Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

GK Alan Hodgkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Cec Coldwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Graham Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Len Allchurch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gerry Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ron Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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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 Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 2 Sep 1961, Villa 2-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH VIDEO

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