Game #2688
Aston Villa
16-7-14, 39 PTS
Saturday, 14 April 1962
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
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 | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟨 Bobby Thomson
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 1 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.67 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | 30.70 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 17.82 |
Villa are narrowly beaten at Maine Road as for the second game in succession the referee seems to over-react to an unremarkable incident.
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.
Lost
0-1
🟥 14 Apr 1962, Villa 0-1, Manchester City, Maine Road
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🟨 | 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
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #178 |
Saturday, 14 April 1962
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ray Tinkler | 🏴 | Boston, 1961-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Referee: Ray Tinkler | 🏴 | Boston, 1961-1975
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Total 🕒 90 | 🟩 37 | 🟨 20 | 🟥 33 | ⚽ 156 | 🥅 146 |
League 🕒 84 | 🟩 35 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 30 | ⚽ 147 | 🥅 133 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |
Home 🕒 46 | 🟩 29 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 99 | 🥅 49 |
Away 🕒 43 | 🟩 8 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 25 | ⚽ 56 | 🥅 75 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 175 | 🟩 | 84 🟨 37 🟥 54 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Manchester City
15-7-16, 37 PTS
Maine Road
Attendance: 18,564
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Les McDowall | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1955-56
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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