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Game #2684

Saturday, 17 March 1962

Attendance: 45,885

Won

Division One

9th (-)

Birmingham City

WLLWW

St Andrew's

Birmingham City

0-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Harry Burrows, scored his second in two to help Villa beat Birmingham yet again, Saturday, 17 March 1962.

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ON THIS DAY

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.

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham City: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #174 |
Saturday, 17 March 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | WLLWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Birmingham City

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

John Neal, Tommy Ewing, Alan Baker, Jimmy Dugdale and Wilson Briggs replace Gordon Lee, Jimmy MacEwan, Derek Dougan, John Sleeuwenhoek and Charlie Aitken.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.31 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 30.62 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 17.75 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

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 |

Birmingham City

Schofield, Lynn (ex), Sissons, Hennessey, Bloomfield, Beard (ex), Smith, Hellawell, Auld, Leek, Harris. Manager: Gil Merrick.

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

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PROGRAMME

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