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Game #2651

Aston Villa

2-1-3, 5 PTS

Saturday, 16 September 1961

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Lost

20th (-3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

3-2-3, 8 PTS

Ewood Park

Attendance: 14,000

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

Blackburn Rovers

4-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 11' | Ron Wylie | 68' |

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 September 1961

⚽ | 11' Goal, 1-0, Mike Tindall, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55' Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Ian Lawther
🥅 | 67' Goal, 1-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Ian Lawther
⚽ | 68' Goal, 2-2, Harry Burrows, Assist by Ron Wylie
🥅 | 85' Goal, 2-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Bryan Douglas
🥅 | 88' Goal, 2-4, (Blackburn Rovers), Bryan Douglas
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 4-2 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

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 September 1961
  • All square with five minutes to go, Villa concede two and go down against Blackburn and slump to 20th in the table having played two less games than the rest of the League.

  • Joe Mercer’s Villa return to League action to lose to Blackburn and make it two wins, one draw and three defeats in six Division One games this season as the season gets off to a stuttering start. 

  • Meanwhile, full back Stan Lynn made his final Villa appearance aged 33 before making the sad trip to Birmingham City in October 1961. Lynn played for Villa between 1950-51 and 1961-62 making 323 appearances and scoring 38 goals.

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1950-61 🕒 324 | ✅ 324 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 40 | 🔥 9 | 🇺 - | #422 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #141 |
Saturday, 16 September 1961

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🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Tommy Langdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1960-1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 138 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 31 🟥 41 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tommy Langdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1960-1961

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

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.96 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.27 |

Youngest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 19.39 |

Referee

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

MANAGER

Jack Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Fred Else | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Matt Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Bray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Joe Haverty | 🇮🇪 |
W Chris Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy McEvoy | 🇮🇪 |
W Bryan Douglas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Roy Isherwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Lawther | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

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

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

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

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

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

UNAVAILABLE
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Injured | 1 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |

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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🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 16 Sep 1961, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Ewood

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