Game #2650

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 13 September 1961

Won

1st Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Bradford City

Valley Parade

Attendance: 9,768

Bradford City

3-4

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 1-0 | Ron Wylie | 24' | 37' | Harry Burrows | 52' |

Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 52' |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Bob Brocklebank (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bradford City

GK Mitch Downie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Tommy Flockett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stan Harland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Storton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Jimmy Lawlor | 🇮🇪 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Bobby Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IF John Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Malcolm Devitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Layne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Derek Hawksworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 13 Sep 1961, Villa 4-3 Bradford, Valley Parade

ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 13 September 1961

Joe Mercer’s Villa, beat fourth division Bradford in the first round of the 1961-62 League Cup two games after winning the 1960-61 competition. Meanwhile, midfielder Mike Tindall made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from South Birmingham Boys.

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