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Game #2649

Aston Villa

2-1-2, 5 PTS

Saturday, 9 September 1961

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Lost

17th (-9)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

West Ham United

3-2-2, 8 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,000

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-4

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West Ham United

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Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 46' | Jimmy MacEwan | 58' |

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 9 September 1961

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Ham United
⚽ | 46' Goal, 1-0, Vic Crowe, Assist by Harry Burrows
🥅 | 47' Goal, 1-1, (West Ham United), John Dick
⚽ | 58' Goal, 2-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🥅 | 62' Goal, 2-2, (West Ham United), Tony Scott
🥅 | 64' Goal, 2-3, (West Ham United), John Dick
🥅 | 74' Goal, 2-4, (West Ham United), Alan Sealey
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-4 West Ham United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 9 September 1961

Joe Mercer’s Villa, fresh from winning the inaugural League Cup, return to League action but lose at home to West Ham to make it two wins, one draw and two defeats in five Division One games this season.

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, 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

West Ham United

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

Aston Villa

West Ham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #139 |
Saturday, 9 September 1961

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🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Geoff Hartley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southport, 1960-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
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

🕒 136 | 🟩 | 65 🟨 31 🟥 40 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Geoff Hartley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southport, 1960-1965
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 12 Nov 1960, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alan Baker replaces Bobby Thomson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.62 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.49 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.23 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, 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 Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ron Greenwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Lawrie Leslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Joe Kirkup | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bobby Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ian Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Alan Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Dick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Geoff Hurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, 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

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, 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

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injured | 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

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 9 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Villa Park

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