Game #2675
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 January 1962
Won
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
FA Cup
Attendance: 38,013
Huddersfield Town
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Huddersfield Town
Assist(s) | Jimmy McMorran | 16' | Derek Dougan | 87' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa return to winning ways as Pat Saward returns to Villa Park with a hero's welcome.
KEY MAN
Alfie Hale, scored on his first appearance of the season to help Villa beat Huddersfield in the FA Cup fourth round, Saturday, 27 January 1962.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 January 1962
⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-0, Alfie Hale, Assist by Jimmy McMorran
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Huddersfield Town
🥅 | 69' Goal, 1-1, (Huddersfield Town), Kevin McHale
⚽ | 87' Goal, 2-1, Vic Crowe, Assist by Derek Dougan
🟨 | 88' Booking, Vic Crowe, Foul
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Huddersfield Town
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer’s Villa leave it late to beat second division Huddersfield in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Huddersfield Town
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26
FIXTURE HISTORY
Huddersfield Town
Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #165 |
Saturday, 27 January 1962
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴 | Chorley, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 162 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 36 🟥 50 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴 | Chorley, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Huddersfield Town
None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer hands Alfie Hale his first appearance of the season in place of Ron Wylie.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.13 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.87 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 | 17.93 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
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 Jimmy McMorran | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Alfie Hale | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Eddie Boot | 🏴 |
Huddersfield Town
GK Ray Wood | 🏴 |
RB Dennis Atkins | 🏴 |
D Pat Saward (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
CB John Coddington | 🏴 |
LB Ray Wilson | 🏴 |
M Peter Dinsdale | 🏴 |
W Kevin McHale | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Michael O'Grady | 🏴 |
CF Jim Kerray | 🏴 |
CF Derek Stokes | 🏴 |
CF Les Massie | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Huddersfield XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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