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Game #2656

Aston Villa

4-2-5, 10 PTS

Saturday, 7 October 1961

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Lost

14th (-4)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Fulham

5-3-4, 13 PTS

Craven Cottage

Attendance: 25,000

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

Fulham

3-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 52' |

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 October 1961

🟢 | 1' Debut, Allan Jones
🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Graham Leggatt
🕒 | HT Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52' Goal, 1-1, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 68' Goal, 1-2, (Fulham), Maurice Cook
🥅 | 82' Goal, 1-3, (Fulham), Dave Metchick
🕒 | FT Fulham 3-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 October 1961

Joe Mercer’s Villa keep up their win one lose one form to make it four wins, two draws and five defeats in eleven Division One games this season. Meanwhile, winger Allan Jones made his one and only appearance for Villa aged 19 after joining from Bilston Boys in August 1957. Jones would move on to Nuneaton Borough in February 1962.

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Allan Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Allan Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1961 | 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #490 |

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Aston Villa

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

Fulham

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

Aston Villa

Fulham

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Fulham

Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Saturday, 7 October 1961

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🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1959-1964
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
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

🕒 143 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 32 🟥 43 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1959-1964
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Burnley, Turf Moor
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Nigel Sims and Allan Jones (debut) replace Geoff Sidebottom and Harry Burrows.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.10 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.57 |

Youngest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 19.45 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Allan Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Bedford Jezzard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Fulham

GK Tony Macedo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Barry Mealand | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Dodgin Jr. | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jim Langley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Mullery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Metchick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Eddie Lowe (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat O’Connell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Graham Leggat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
IF Johnny Haynes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Maurice Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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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 Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

UNAVAILABLE

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Injured | 3 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 7 Oct 1961, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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