Game #2684
Aston Villa
14-7-12, 35 PTS
Saturday, 17 March 1962
Won
7th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Birmingham City
11-8-14, 30 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 45,885
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Birmingham City
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 14' | Alan Baker | 36' |
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 March 1962
🟢 | 1' Debut, Wilson Briggs
⚽ | 14' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows, Assist by Ron Wylie
⚽ | 36' Goal, 2-0, Ron Wylie, Assist by Alan Baker
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-2 Aston Villa
🚑 | 69' Player retires from field of play with injury, Jimmy Dugdale
🚑 | 69' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Birmingham City), Bertie Auld
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 0-2 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
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 17 March 1962
With five injured in the Albion match, Joe Mercer rings the changes and Villa run rings around neighbours Birmingham to climb to 7th in the table.
Joe Mercer’s Villa extend their League winning form to five in the last seven as they win successive games against near neighbours to make it fourteen wins, seven draws and twelve defeats in thirty three Division One games this season.
Meanwhile, centre back Jimmy Dugdale made his final Villa appearance aged 30 before moving on to Queens Park Rangers in October 1962. Dugdale played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1961-62 making 255 appearances and scoring 3 goals; winning the 1956-57 FA Cup and 1960-61 League Cup with Villa.
As Dugdale left, a new player arrived, as full back Wilson Briggs made his Villa debut aged 19 after moving from Musselburgh Windsor in August 1959.
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 FB Wilson Briggs | 🏴 | #494 | Youth team promotion
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 | 1956-62 🕒 255 | ✅ 255 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 - | #452 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Total 🕒 67 | 🟩 27 | 🟨 22 | 🟥 18 | ⚽ 117 | 🥅 93 |
League 🕒 64 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 21 | 🟥 18 | ⚽ 112 | 🥅 93 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 33 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 64 | 🥅 44 |
Away 🕒 34 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 53 | 🥅 49 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #174 |
Saturday, 17 March 1962
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🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Luty | 🏴 | Leeds, 1955-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 171 | 🟩 | 82 🟨 37 🟥 52 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur Luty | 🏴 | Leeds, 1955-1965
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
John Neal, Tommy Ewing, Alan Baker, Jimmy Dugdale and Wilson Briggs replace Gordon Lee, Jimmy MacEwan, Derek Dougan, John Sleeuwenhoek and Charlie Aitken.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.31 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | 30.62 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 17.75 |
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 | 🚑 | ❌ | 🔴 |
FB Wilson Briggs | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Gil Merrick | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Jimmy Schofield | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴 |
D Terry Hennessey | 🏴 |
LB Graham Sissons | 🏴 |
LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Bloomfield | 🏴 |
M Bertie Auld | 🏴 | ❌ |
W Mike Hellawell | 🏴 |
F Ken Leek | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Harris | 🏴 |
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's