Game #2672
Aston Villa
9-6-9, 24 PTS

Saturday, 13 January 1962
10th (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964

Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟨 Derek Dougan
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
None
Despite poor recent form, Joe Mercer names the same line up for a third consecutive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.69 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | 30.45 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 | 17.89 |
The city of football thuggery descends on Villa Park and once again a Sheffield club, home or away, can be depended on to illustrate the darkest of dark arts on the football pitch. There is no game their roughhouse tactics cannot spoil and so it would be prudent to appoint officials able to tackle their worst excesses. Unfortunately they never do.
Joe Mercer’s Villa make it three League games without scoring to record nine wins, six draws and nine defeats in twenty four Division One games this season.

Drew
0-0
🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🟨 | 31' Booking, Derek Dougan, Foul on goalkeeper
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #162 |
Saturday, 13 January 1962

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴 | Lowestoft, 1958-1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴 | Lowestoft, 1958-1962
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 159 | 🟩 | 75 🟨 36 🟥 48 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Sheffield United
11-4-9, 26 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 28,000
GK Alan Hodgkinson | 🏴 |
LB Cliff Mason | 🏴 |
RB Cec Coldwell | 🏴 |
M Joe Shaw | 🏴 |
M Brian Richardson | 🏴 |
M Len Allchurch | 🏴 |
M Gerry Summers | 🏴 |
M Billy Russell | 🏴 |
W Ron Simpson | 🏴 |
F Keith Kettleborough | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace (ex) | 🏴 |
John Harris | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded


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