Game #2690
Aston Villa
18-7-14, 43 PTS
Monday, 23 April 1962
Won
6th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 25,000
Nottingham Forest
Villa Park
12-10-18, 34 PTS
Aston Villa
5-1
Nottingham Forest
Scorer(s) | Harry Burrows | 2' | 36' pen | Own Goal | 4' | Bobby Thomson | 22' | Tommy Ewing | 5-1 |
Assist(s) | Tommy Ewing | 2' | Alan Baker | 22' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa hit another five goals to make it 21 in five games as they climb back to 6th in the table. A moot point but just where would Villa be in the table if those goals had been shared out throughout the season where they dominated play without troubling the scoreboard.
KEY MAN
Harry Burrows, scored a brace to help Villa to thirteen goals and two resounding wins in successive matches, Monday, 23 April 1962.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 23 April 1962
⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows, Assist by Tommy Ewing
⚽ | 4' Goal, 2-0, Own Goal, Bob McKinlay
🥅 | 14' Goal, 2-1, (Nottingham Forest), Colin Addison
⚽ | 22' Goal, 3-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Alan Baker
⚽ | 36' Goal, 4-1, Harry Burrows, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Nottingham Forest
⚽ | Goal, 5-1, Tommy Ewing
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Nottingham Forest
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer’s Villa extend their League winning form to nine in the last thirteen as they follow up their humiliation of Leicester with another resounding Villa Park win as they put five past Forest to make it thirteen goals scored in two games. As a result, Villa make it eighteen wins, seven draws and fourteen defeats in thirty nine Division One games this season as they look to end their best season yet under Joe Mercer on a high.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Nottingham Forest
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #180 |
Monday, 23 April 1962
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: F. V. Stringer | 🏴 | Liverpool, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 177 | 🟩 | 86 🟨 37 🟥 54 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: F. V. Stringer | 🏴 | Liverpool, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Nottingham Forest
None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names the same line up for a fourth consecutive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.70 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | 30.73 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 17.85 |
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
Andy Beattie | 🏴 |
Nottingham Forest
GK Peter Grummitt | 🏴 |
RB Joe Wilson | 🏴 |
D Doug Baird | 🏴 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴 |
M Billy Cobb | 🏴 |
M John Quigley | 🏴 |
M Jeff Whitefoot | 🏴 |
M Jim Iley | 🏴 |
M Colin Addison | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Dick Le Flem | 🏴 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
Forest 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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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