Game #2687
Aston Villa
16-7-13, 39 PTS
Saturday, 7 April 1962
Won
6th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 24,690
Bolton Wanderers
Villa Park
12-8-16, 32 PTS
Villa, Tommy Ewing and Derek Dougan continue their late season form to beat Bolton and climb to 6th in the table. Meanwhile, referee Ken Aston gets over-excited and books three for one incident.
Aston Villa
3-0
Bolton Wanderers
Assist(s) | Derek Dougan | 2' | Tommy Ewing | 56' | 76' |
KEY MAN
Bobby Thomson, scored his third in two as Villa win for a seventh time in ten League games under Joe Mercer, Saturday, 7 April 1962.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 April 1962
⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Ewing, Assist by Derek Dougan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
⚽ | 56' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Tommy Ewing
🟨 | 65' Booking, Harry Burrows for a shoulder barge on the 'keeper
🟨 | 65' Booking, Derek Dougan for retaliation to the 'keeper's retaliation
⚽ | 76' Goal, 3-0, Derek Dougan, Assist by Tommy Ewing
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Bolton Wanderers
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer’s Villa extend their League winning form to seven in the last ten as they make it successive wins, scoring eight goals, to record sixteen wins, seven draws and thirteen defeats in thirty six Division One games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Bolton Wanderers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58
FIXTURE HISTORY
Bolton Wanderers
Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #177 |
Saturday, 7 April 1962
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴 | Colchester, 1955-1963 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 177 | 🟩 | 85 🟨 38 🟥 54 | 1.66
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴 | Colchester, 1955-1963 🆘
🆘 Seemed to over-react to a non-contact shoulder 'barge' that ended with three players booked
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Ken Aston
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Bolton Wanderers
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Charlie Aitken replaces John Neal.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.65 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | 30.68 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 17.80 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Bill Ridding | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Bolton Wanderers
GK Eddie Hopkinson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Jack Threlfall | 🏴 |
RB Roy Hartle | 🏴 |
D Warwick Rimmer | 🏴 |
LB Syd Farrimond | 🏴 |
M Brian Pilkington | 🏴 |
M Bryan Edwards | 🏴 |
W Brian Birch | 🏴 |
F Fred Hill | 🏴 |
CF Wyn Davies | 🏴 |
CF Ron McGarry | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Bolton XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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