Game #2681
Saturday, 3 March 1962
Attendance: 23,896
Lost
Division One
9th (-)
Sheffield Wednesday
WWDWL
Hillsborough
Sheffield Wednesday
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #171 |
Saturday, 3 March 1962
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-3 |
Last 5 Games | WWDWL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Sheffield Wednesday
TEAM NEWS
Tommy Ewing and Derek Dougan replace Harry Burrows and Alfie Hale.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.80 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 32.97 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 18.03 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer
MANAGER
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 |
Sheffield Wednesday
Springett, Johnson, Megson, Swan, Hardy, Young, Kay, Wilkinson, Finney, Dobson, Fantham. Manager: Vic Buckingham.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES