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Game #2677

Aston Villa

11-6-11, 28 PTS

Saturday, 10 February 1962

Blackpool

1-2

Aston Villa

Division One

Blackpool

11-7-10, 29 PTS

Bloomfield Road

Attendance: 13,039

Won

9th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 58' | Jimmy MacEwan | 79' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa wipe the floor with Blackpool and find themselves behind. All possession no punch hurts Villa yet again but no matter, they get there in the end.

KEY MAN

Jimmy MacEwan, scored to help Villa to a second successive League win in eight, Saturday, 10 February 1962.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 February 1962

💥 | 12' Player injured on field of play, (Blackpool), Barrie Martin
🥅 | 28' Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Ray Parry
🕒 | HT Blackpool 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | 46' Player did not resume on field of play, (Blackpool), Barrie Martin
⚽ | 58' Goal, 1-1, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Harry Burrows
⚽ | 79' Goal, 2-1, Jimmy McMorran, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Blackpool 1-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer’s Villa win consecutive League games and scored successive League goals for the first time since the first week of December to make it eleven wins, six draws and eleven defeats in twenty eight Division One games this season.

Aston Villa

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

Blackpool

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Blackpool

Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #167 |
Saturday, 10 February 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: H. Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 164 | 🟩 | 78 🟨 36 🟥 50 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: H. Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Alfie Hale replaces Tommy Ewing.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.17 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.91 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.97 |

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 Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alfie Hale | 🇮🇪 |

MANAGER

Ron Suart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

GK Tony Waiters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Barrie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | ❌ |
CB Roy Gratrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Hauser | 🇿🇦 |
M Bruce Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mandy Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bill Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ray Charnley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

SQUAD STATS

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Blackpool XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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