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Game #2666

Aston Villa

8-4-7, 20 PTS

Saturday, 2 December 1961

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Won

8th (+3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Leicester City

9-2-9, 20 PTS

Filbert Street

Attendance: 21,000

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

Leicester City

0-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Derek Dougan | 19' | Jimmy MacEwan | 67' |

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 December 1961

⚽ | 19' Goal, 1-0, Ron Wylie, Assist by Derek Dougan
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 67' Goal, 2-0, Derek Dougan, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Leicester City 0-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 December 1961

Joe Mercer’s Villa make it successive League wins and a third in four matches to make it eight wins, four draws and seven defeats in nineteen Division One games this season.

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #156 |
Saturday, 2 December 1961

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🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 153 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 34 🟥 46 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Derek Dougan replaces Harry Burrows.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.66 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.72 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.78 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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 Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Matt Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Gordon Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Len Chalmers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ian King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Richie Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Appleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Howard Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Mitten | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Keyworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert Cheesebrough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Hugh McIlmoyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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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

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
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

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 2 Dec 1961, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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