Game #2654
Aston Villa
3-2-4, 8 PTS
Saturday, 30 September 1961


Lost
18th (-4)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Tottenham Hotspur
5-2-3, 12 PTS
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 37,920
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Tottenham Hotspur
1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 September 1961
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 80' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Terry Dyson
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 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
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 September 1961
"For 80 minutes [Villa] reduced Spurs to a state of irritated impotence." But the reigning champions score late to send Villa back down to 18th in the table still having not played their two games in hand.
Joe Mercer’s Villa fail to score for the second time in nine League games to make it three wins, two draws and four defeats in nine Division One games this season.
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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: 1960-61
Tottenham Hotspur


League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1960-61
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #144 |
Saturday, 30 September 1961
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🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: John Osbourne | 🏴 | Ipswich, 1961-1970
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 141 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 32 🟥 42 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Osbourne | 🏴 | Ipswich, 1961-1970
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Joe Mercer names the same line up for a third consecutive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.22 |
Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 29.68 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 | 17.61 |
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
W Norman Ashe | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
MANAGER
Bill Nicholson | 🏴 |

Tottenham Hotspur
GK Bill Brown | 🏴 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴 |
RB Peter Baker | 🏴 |
LB Ron Henry | 🏴 |
M Dave Mackay | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
M John White | 🏴 |
W Terry Dyson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴 |
F Les Allen | 🏴 |
CF Bobby Smith | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
SQUAD STATS

Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS

Spurs XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
UNAVAILABLE

Injured | 2 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane


MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 30 Sep 1961, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

