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Game #2674

Aston Villa

9-6-11, 24 PTS

Saturday, 20 January 1962

Lost

12th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Attendance: 20,000

West Ham United

Upton Park

13-5-8, 31 PTS

West Ham United

2-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa's achilles heel of possession without penetration hit again as West Ham score early and Villa cannot make their efforts count.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 January 1962

🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Phil Woosnam
🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-2, (West Ham United), John Dick
🕒 | HT West Ham United 2-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | HT West Ham United 2-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer’s Villa's lean spell continues as they make it five League games without scoring and four defeats to record nine wins, six draws and eleven defeats in twenty six Division One games this season.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

West Ham United

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #164 |
Saturday, 20 January 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: P Rhodes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 161 | 🟩 | 75 🟨 36 🟥 50 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: P Rhodes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

P Rhodes

CARDS

Villa

None

West Ham United

None

TEAM NEWS

Ron Wylie, Jimmy MacEwan and Alan Deakin replace Mike Tindall, Alan Baker and Peter McParland.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.66 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.85 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.91 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ron Greenwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Lawrie Leslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Joe Kirkup | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bobby Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Bovington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Malcolm Musgrove | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alan Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Dick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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West Ham XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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