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Game #2648

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 5 September 1961

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Won

Final

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Rotherham United

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,765

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

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Rotherham United

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🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 5 September 1961

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Rotherham United
⚽ | 67' Goal, 1-0, Alan O'Neill, Assist by Alan Deakin
⚽ | 69' Goal, 2-0, Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Rotherham United
⚽ | 109' Goal, 3-0, Peter McParland
🕒 | AET Aston Villa 3-0 Rotherham United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 5 September 1961

Joe Mercer’s Villa, two goals down from the first leg, are held to a goalless first half before forcing extra time by drawing level by full time from goals from Alan O'Neill and Harry Burrows before Peter McParland hit a 109' winner to win the inaugural League Cup final 3-2 on aggregate.

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Rotherham United

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

Aston Villa

Rotherham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Rotherham United

Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Tuesday, 5 September 1961

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🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: C. W. Kingston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Newport, -1961
HT Score: 🟨 0-0 |
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
AET Result: 🟩 Won
AET Score: 🟩 3-0
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 3-2
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

🕒 135 | 🟩 | 65 🟨 31 🟥 39 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: C. W. Kingston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Newport, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Peter McParland and Alan O’Neill replace Derek Dougan and Alan Baker.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.27 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.48 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.79 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

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 Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Tom Johnston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Rotherham United

GK Roy Ironside | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lol Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Madden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Roy Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Waterhouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Keith Bambridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Barry Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Kirkman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Don Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

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

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

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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

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Cup Tied | 1 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 5 Sep 1961, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

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