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Game #2654

Aston Villa

3-2-4, 8 PTS

Saturday, 30 September 1961

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

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

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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

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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

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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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
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Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

Tottenham Hotspur

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Tottenham Hotspur

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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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: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 141 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 32 🟥 42 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ipswich, 1961-1970

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

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

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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 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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

Squad Bios

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

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

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

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

UNAVAILABLE
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Injured | 2 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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