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Game #2664

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 21 November 1961

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

League Cup

Ipswich Town

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,704

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-3

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Ipswich Town

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🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 21 November 1961

🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Jimmy Leadbetter
🥅 | 35' Goal, 0-2, (Ipswich Town), Ted Phillips
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Ipswich Town
⚽ | 47' Goal, 1-2, Harry Burrows
⚽ | 75' Goal, 2-2, Harry Burrows, pen
🥅 | 77' Goal, 2-3, (Ipswich Town), Ted Phillips
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Ipswich Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 21 November 1961

Despite a brace from Harry Burrows, holders Villa are knocked out of the League Cup by Ipswich, a team who would go on to win the League title in 1961-62 in their first season in the top flight.

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, 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

Ipswich Town

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

Aston Villa

Ipswich Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Ipswich Town

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #22 |
Manager Game | #154 |
Tuesday, 21 November 1961

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🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ray Tinkler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Boston, 1961-1976 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
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

🕒 151 | 🟩 | 71 🟨 34 🟥 46 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ray Tinkler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Boston, 1961-1976 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Didn't popularise himself by incorrectly ruling out what would have been a Villa winner for offside and took no action against Ipswich's 'defensive' arts.
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Harry Burrows replaces Kenny Fencott.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.56 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.31 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.75 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alf Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK Roy Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Andy Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Compton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Larry Carberry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Elsworthy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Billy Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy Leadbetter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Aled Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Doug Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Dermot Curtis | 🇮🇪 |
CF Ted Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, 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

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, 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 Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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Ipswich XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, 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

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park

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