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Aston Villa 1-1 Man United - September 18, 1961 / Division 1 1961/1962

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Division 1 1961/1962 - Round 9

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

September 18, 1961

38 837

1 - 1

Man United

Peter McParland

36'

43'

Nobby Stiles

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36' - Goal Peter McParland36

43' - Goal Nobby Stiles

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Man United

Aston Villa Man United

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Sidebottom

Geoffrey Sidebottom

England

B.date29/12/1936

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Crowe

Victor Crowe

Wales

B.date31/01/1932

Age29 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Neal

John Neal

England

B.date03/04/1932

Age29 years

positionDefender

Sleeuwenhoek

John Sleeuwenhoek

England

B.date26/02/1944

Age17 years

positionDefender

Aitken

Charlie Aitken

Scotland

B.date01/05/1942

Age19 years

positionLeft full-back

Deakin

Alan Deakin

England

B.date27/11/1941

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Tindall

Mike Tindall

England

B.date05/04/1941

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Wylie

Ron Wylie

Scotland

B.date06/08/1933

Age28 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

McParland36

Peter McParland

Northern Ireland

B.date25/04/1934

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

Burrows

Harry Burrows

England

B.date17/03/1941

Age20 years

positionWinger

Ashe

Norman Ashe

England

B.date16/11/1943

Age17 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Geoffrey Sidebottom		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Victor Crowe		29	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Neal		29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sleeuwenhoek		17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Charlie Aitken		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Deakin		19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike Tindall		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Wylie		28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter McParland	36	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Burrows		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Ashe		17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Gaskell

David Gaskell

England

B.date05/10/1940

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Brennan

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Stiles43

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age19 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Quixall

Albert Quixall

England

B.date09/08/1933

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Setters

Maurice Setters

England

B.date16/12/1936

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Herd

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age27 years

positionForward

Pearson

Mark Pearson

England

B.date28/10/1939

Age21 years

H1m68

positionForward

Viollet

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Gaskell		20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		29	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		24	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles	43	19	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		23	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall		28	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters		24	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd		27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Pearson		21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet		27	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Neal

Jimmy Dugdale

OUT

Norman Ashe

Jimmy MacEwan

OUT

John Sleeuwenhoek

Stan Lynn

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tony Dunne

Noel Cantwell

OUT

David Gaskell

Harry Gregg

OUT

David Herd

Alex Dawson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

142

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Mercer vs Man United

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 18, 1961

Mercer vs Busby

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 18, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

721

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Aston Villa

17 victories

9 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on September 18, 1961

Busby vs Mercer

3 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on September 18, 1961

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Key figures

End of streak for Aston Villa after 7 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Premier League (since 28/03/1961). It was the best streak for the club since 20/08/1960-24/12/1960 (12 matches).

End of streak for Man United after 3 consecutive wins (since 02/09/1961).

Aston Villa keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 01/04/1961). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 29/08/1959-13/12/1960 time period (37 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 1-0 Preston North End15/04/1961

DAston Villa 2-2 Burnley26/04/1961

VAston Villa 4-1 Sheffield Wednesday29/04/1961

VAston Villa 3-1 Chelsea26/08/1961

VAston Villa 3-0 Rotherham United05/09/1961

LAston Villa 2-4 West Ham09/09/1961

Overall

DWolverhampton 2-2 Aston Villa28/08/1961

VSheffield United 0-2 Aston Villa02/09/1961

VAston Villa 3-0 Rotherham United05/09/1961

LAston Villa 2-4 West Ham09/09/1961

VBradford 3-4 Aston Villa13/09/1961

LBlackburn 4-2 Aston Villa16/09/1961

Current form

Away

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Manchester United08/04/1961

VPreston North End 2-4 Manchester United22/04/1961

DWest Ham 1-1 Manchester United19/08/1961

LChelsea 2-0 Manchester United30/08/1961

VBlackpool 2-3 Manchester United02/09/1961

VCardiff City 1-2 Manchester United16/09/1961

Overall

VManchester United 3-2 Chelsea23/08/1961

VManchester United 6-1 Blackburn26/08/1961

LChelsea 2-0 Manchester United30/08/1961

VBlackpool 2-3 Manchester United02/09/1961

VManchester United 1-0 Tottenham09/09/1961

VCardiff City 1-2 Manchester United16/09/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	8	7
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	32	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	7
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
2	Victories (Competition total)	5
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.29
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
2.17	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.29
2.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
3-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Derek Dougan	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Albert Quixall
Peter McParland	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Dennis Viollet
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Albert Quixall
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Albert Quixall
Harry Burrows	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Albert Quixall

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

20 v

7 d

11 l

93 gf

65 ga

Away

38 matches

9 v

6 d

23 l

42 gf

78 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

77 matches

30 v

13 d

34 l

137 gf

144 ga

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

23 v

6 d

9 l

78 gf

42 ga

Away

38 matches

11 v

7 d

20 l

65 gf

93 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

77 matches

34 v

13 d

30 l

144 gf

137 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 27, 1930
Home	7 - 0	December 27, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	March 08, 1950
Away	4 - 0	October 15, 1949

Latest head to head

February 04, 1961 - Division 1 1960/1961

Man United

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

September 17, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Man United

December 27, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Man United

December 26, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Man United

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 31, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Aston Villa

3 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Bobby Thomson	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Jimmy MacEwan	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Harry Burrows	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/12/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Tommy Taylor	8 goals	1956 - 1957
Dennis Viollet	4 goals	1956 - 1960
Bobby Charlton	2 goals	1957 - 1961
Albert Quixall	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Colin Webster	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Johnny Berry	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/12/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

David Nigel Sims	3 matches	1957 - 1961
John Neal	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Jimmy MacEwan	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Ron Wylie	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Doug Winton	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Victor Crowe	2 matches	1960 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/12/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Bill Foulkes	10 matches	1956 - 1961
Bobby Charlton	6 matches	1957 - 1961
Freddie Goodwin	5 matches	1957 - 1958
Liam Whelan	5 matches	1956 - 1957
David Pegg	5 matches	1956 - 1957
Dennis Viollet	5 matches	1956 - 1960