Game #2672
Aston Villa
9-6-9, 24 PTS
Saturday, 13 January 1962
Drew
10th (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 28,000
Sheffield United
Villa Park
11-4-9, 26 PTS
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.
Aston Villa
0-0
Sheffield United
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 13 January 1962
🟨 | 31' Booking, Derek Dougan, Foul on goalkeeper
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Sheffield United
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield United
Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #162 |
Saturday, 13 January 1962
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴 | Lowestoft, -1962 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 162 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 37 🟥 49 | 1.64
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴 | Lowestoft, -1962 🆘
🆘 Booked Dougan for his second challenge on the opposition 'keeper whilst totally failed to censure the predictable thuggery that comes with a game against a Sheffield club.
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
Aubrey Moore
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Sheffield United
None
TEAM NEWS
Despite poor recent form, Joe Mercer names the same line up for a third consecutive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.69 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | 30.45 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 | 17.89 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
John Harris | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🇬🇧 |
Sheffield United
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) | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Sheffield United XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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