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Game #2681

Aston Villa

12-7-12, 31 PTS

Saturday, 3 March 1962

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Lost

9th (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

15-5-10, 35 PTS

Hillsborough

Attendance: 23,896

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Sheffield Wednesday

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 March 1962

🥅 | 3' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Derek Wilkinson
🥅 | 44' Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield United), Colin Dobson
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 54' Goal, 0-3, (Sheffield United), Colin Dobson
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 3-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 March 1962
  • Villa's inability to turn dominant possession into goals strikes again to leave them pointless from Hillsborough.

  • Joe Mercer’s Villa lose their six game unbeaten run as they lose heavily to Wednesday to make it twelve wins, seven draws and twelve defeats in thirty one Division One games this season.

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
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Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Sheffield Wednesday

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Sheffield Wednesday

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #171 |
Saturday, 3 March 1962

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🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Geoff Hartley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bradford, 1960-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 168 | 🟩 | 80 🟨 37 🟥 51 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Geoff Hartley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bradford, 1960-1963

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tommy Ewing and Derek Dougan replace Harry Burrows and Alfie Hale.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.80 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.97 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.03 |

Referee

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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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 Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |

MANAGER

Vic Buckingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Ron Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Don Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Swan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gerry Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robin Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Kay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Derek Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Alan Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Colin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Johnny Fantham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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

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

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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