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Game #2686

Aston Villa

15-7-13, 37 PTS

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Saturday, 31 March 1962

7th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 2 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Derek Dougan, John Neal and Alan Baker replace Ron Wylie, Charlie Aitken and Jimmy McMorran.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.55 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.66 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.78 |

  • Villa win a thriller at Arsenal by the odd goal in 9. Villa take the lead, find themselves 2-4 down before two minutes from time scoring the winner to take the game 5-4.

  • Joe Mercer’s Villa extend their League winning form to six in the last nine as they win a thriller against Arsenal, scoring five goals away from home to make it fifteen wins, seven draws and thirteen defeats in thirty five Division One games this season.

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Won

5-4

🟩 31 Mar 1962, Villa 5-4 Arsenal, Highbury
Scorer(s) | Bobby Thomson | 13' | 58' | Derek Dougan | 61' | Vic Crowe | 64' | Tommy Ewing | 88' |

Assist(s) | Derek Dougan | 13' | 58' | 88' | Alan Deakin | 61' | Tommy Ewing | 64' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 13' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Derek Dougan
🥅 | 17' Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Alan Skirton
🥅 | 28' Goal, 1-2, (Arsenal), Geoff Strong
🕒 | HT Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50' Goal, 1-3, (Arsenal), Geoff Strong
⚽ | 58' Goal, 2-3, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Derek Dougan
🥅 | 59' Goal, 2-4, (Arsenal), Alan Skirton
⚽ | 61' Goal, 3-4, Derek Dougan, Assist by Alan Deakin
⚽ | 64' Goal, 4-4, Vic Crowe, Assist by Tommy Ewing
⚽ | 88' Goal, 5-4, Tommy Ewing, Assist by Derek Dougan
🕒 | FT Arsenal 4-5 Aston Villa

Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #176 |
Saturday, 31 March 1962

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Fred Duxbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1961-1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Referee: Fred Duxbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1961-1966

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 173 | 🟩 | 83 🟨 37 🟥 53 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
259
🟩
115
🟨
0
259
🟨
59
🟥
0
0
🟥
85
2
🥅
62
391
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
60
🟩
22
🟨
0
60
🟨
12
🟥
0
0
🟥
26
2
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
35
🟩
17
🟨
0
35
🟨
7
🟥
0
0
🟥
11
0
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
110
🟩
56
🟨
0
110
🟨
25
🟥
0
0
🟥
29
0
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
272
🟩
114
🟨
2
272
🟨
60
🟥
0
9
🟥
98
13
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
5
🟩
3
🟨
0
5
🟨
0
🟥
0
1
🟥
2
1
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
9
🟩
5
🟨
0
9
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
2
1
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
117
🟩
59
🟨
0
117
🟨
28
🟥
0
47
🟥
30
21
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
74
🟩
32
🟨
0
74
🟨
16
🟥
0
1
🟥
26
6
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
53
🟩
29
🟨
0
53
🟨
6
🟥
0
22
🟥
18
15
CF Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
21
🟩
11
🟨
1
21
🟨
3
🟥
0
8
🟥
7
8
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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🟥
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Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Arsenal

12-9-12, 33 PTS

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Highbury

Attendance: 20,107

GK Jack Kelsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Jack Bacuzzi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Fred Clarke | 🇬🇧 |
M Eddie Clamp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Arfon Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M John Barnwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Skirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Geoff Strong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Vic Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Laurie Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

George Swindin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

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