Game #2688
Aston Villa
16-7-14, 39 PTS
Saturday, 14 April 1962
Manchester City
1-0
Aston Villa
Division One
Manchester City
15-7-16, 37 PTS
Maine Road
Attendance: 18,564
Lost
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 April 1962
🟨 | Booking, Bobby Thomson
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 58' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Noel Young
🕒 | FT Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer’s Villa lose for the third time in eleven League games to record sixteen wins, seven draws and fourteen defeats in thirty seven Division One games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Manchester City
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1955-56
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #178 |
Saturday, 14 April 1962
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ray Tinkler | 🏴 | Boston, 1961-1976 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 175 | 🟩 | 84 🟨 37 🟥 54 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ray Tinkler | 🏴 | Boston, 1961-1976 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 2
🆘 Harshly booked Bobby Thomson for a challenge on Trautmann that even the home crowd thought was an over-reaction
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 21 Nov 1961, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Villa Park
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.67 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | 30.70 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 17.82 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Les McDowall | 🏴 |
Manchester City
GK Bert Trautmann | 🇩🇪 |
RB John Benson | 🏴 |
CB Jackie Plenderleith | 🏴 |
LB Glyn Pardoe | 🏴 |
LB Cliff Sear | 🏴 |
M Bobby Kennedy | 🏴 |
M Dave Wagstaffe | 🏴 |
M Alan Oakes | 🏴 |
F George Hannah | 🏴 |
F Joe Hayes | 🏴 |
CF Neil Young | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
SQUAD STATS
Manchester City XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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