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Aston Villa 5-0 Blackpool - September 23, 1961 / Division 1 1961/1962

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Division 1 1961/1962 - Round 10

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

September 23, 1961

5 - 0

Blackpool

Harry Burrows

Peter McParland

40'

Harry Burrows

60'

Peter McParland

75'

Peter McParland

86'

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6' - Goal Harry Burrows6

40' - Goal Peter McParland40

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60' - Goal Harry Burrows60

75' - Goal Peter McParland75

86' - Goal Peter McParland86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

5 - 0

Blackpool

Aston Villa Blackpool

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

McParland758640

Peter McParland

Northern Ireland

B.date25/04/1934

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

Ashe

Norman Ashe

England

B.date16/11/1943

Age17 years

positionForward

Burrows660

Harry Burrows

England

B.date17/03/1941

Age20 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Geoffrey Sidebottom		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Victor Crowe		29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Neal		29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sleeuwenhoek		17	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Charlie Aitken		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Deakin		19	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike Tindall		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Wylie		28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter McParland	758640	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Ashe		17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Burrows	660	20	18	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

Blackpool

West

Gordon West

England

B.date24/03/1943

Age18 years

positionGoalkeeper

Gratrix

Roy Gratrix

England

B.date09/02/1932

Age29 years

positionDefender

Martin

Barrie Martin

England

B.date29/09/1935

Age25 years

positionDefender

Armfield

Jimmy Armfield

England

B.date21/09/1935

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Crawford

Bruce Crawford

England

B.date10/10/1938

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hauser

Peter Hauser

South Africa

B.date20/04/1934

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Perry

Bill Perry

England

B.date10/09/1930

Age31 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hill

Mandy Hill

England

B.date15/02/1940

Age21 years

positionForward

Parry

Raymond Parry

England

B.date19/01/1936

Age25 years

positionForward

Durie

Dave Durie

England

B.date13/08/1931

Age30 years

positionForward

Charnley

Ray Charnley

England

B.date29/05/1935

Age26 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon West	18	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy Gratrix	29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barrie Martin	25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Armfield	26	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bruce Crawford	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Hauser	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bill Perry	31	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mandy Hill	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Raymond Parry	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Durie	30	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ray Charnley	26	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

143

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Mercer vs Blackpool

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 1961

Mercer vs Suart

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Suart

149

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Suart vs Aston Villa

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1961

Suart vs Mercer

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1961

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Key figures

Only back at the time of George Ramsay head of Aston Villa (01/07/1884-01/07/1926), you can see a manager go over Joe Mercer with 1.89 goals scored per game (1.99).

The last time Aston Villa has scored at least 5 goals vs Blackpool, It was on the 05/11/1932

Aston Villa keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Blackpool running (since 07/02/1959). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/09/1953-22/01/1955 time period (4 matches).

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United18/09/1961

Overall

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

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United18/09/1961

Current form

Away

DManchester City 1-1 Blackpool19/04/1961

VBirmingham City 0-2 Blackpool22/04/1961

LCardiff City 3-2 Blackpool26/08/1961

DBlackburn 1-1 Blackpool28/08/1961

DWolverhampton 2-2 Blackpool09/09/1961

DWest Ham 2-2 Blackpool18/09/1961

Overall

LBlackpool 2-3 Manchester United02/09/1961

VBlackpool 2-0 West Ham04/09/1961

DWolverhampton 2-2 Blackpool09/09/1961

VBlackpool 2-1 Port Vale13/09/1961

LBlackpool 1-3 Nottingham Forest16/09/1961

DWest Ham 2-2 Blackpool18/09/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	9	8
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	6	14
Conceding streak	4	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	9
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
3	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.75
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.89
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
3-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 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)	8 goals	Ray Charnley
Peter McParland	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Ray Charnley
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Ray Charnley
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Ray Charnley
Peter McParland	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 9 matches	Ray Charnley

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

10 v

6 d

4 l

47 gf

29 ga

Away

19 matches

5 v

5 d

9 l

27 gf

36 ga

Total

39 matches

15 v

11 d

13 l

74 gf

65 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

9 v

5 d

5 l

36 gf

27 ga

Away

20 matches

4 v

6 d

10 l

29 gf

47 ga

Total

39 matches

13 v

11 d

15 l

65 gf

74 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 19, 1952
Home	4 - 0	January 19, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 14, 1956
Away	5 - 1	September 06, 1952

Latest head to head

December 31, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Blackpool

August 27, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Blackpool

5 - 3

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February 07, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Blackpool

2 - 1

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September 20, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Blackpool

February 01, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Blackpool

Best historical scorers against Blackpool

	Gerald Hitchens	4 goals	1960 - 1960
	Peter McParland	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Stan Mortensen	4 goals	1946 - 1949
Raymond Parry	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Ray Charnley	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Hugh Kelly	1 goal	1949 - 1949
Alex Munro	1 goal	1949 - 1949
George McKnight	1 goal	1947 - 1947

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackpool

Gerald Hitchens	2 matches	1960 - 1960
Jimmy Dugdale	2 matches	1960 - 1960
Bobby Thomson	2 matches	1960 - 1960
Peter McParland	2 matches	1960 - 1960
John Neal	2 matches	1960 - 1960
Victor Crowe	2 matches	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Stanley Matthews	6 matches	1947 - 1960
Stan Mortensen	6 matches	1946 - 1949
Eric Hayward	5 matches	1947 - 1949
Eddie Shimwell	5 matches	1947 - 1949
Harry Johnston	5 matches	1946 - 1949
Hugh Kelly	4 matches	1946 - 1949