Game #2692
Aston Villa
18-7-16, 43 PTS
Saturday, 28 April 1962
Lost
8th (-2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 29,000
Ipswich Town
Portman Road
24-8-10, 56 PTS
Ipswich Town
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa are unluckily beaten once again but Ipswich aren't complaining as their fortunate victory over Joe Mercer's men clinches them their first ever League Championship, just as Tottenham had the previous season.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 April 1962
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 73' Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Ray Crawford
🥅 | 77' Goal, 0-2, (Ipswich Town), Ray Crawford
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 0-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer’s Villa - in fixture congestion typical of the period as the authorities continued to struggle to fit a full League campaign and two Cup competitions in to a regular season - play their fourth game in seven days and are beaten by champions Ipswich - a side Villa had beaten 3-0 in December. As a result, Villa make it eighteen wins, seven draws and sixteen defeats in forty one Division One games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Ipswich Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Ipswich Town
Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #182 |
Saturday, 28 April 1962
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴 | Doncaster, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 179 | 🟩 | 86 🟨 37 🟥 56 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴 | Doncaster, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Ipswich Town
None
TEAM NEWS
Jimmy MacEwan and Derek Dougan replace Harry Burrows and Ron Wylie.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.80 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 33.12 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 17.86 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Alf Ramsey | 🏴 |
Ipswich Town
GK Roy Bailey | 🏴 |
D Andy Nelson | 🏴 |
D John Compton | 🏴 |
RB Larry Carberry | 🏴 |
M John Elsworthy | 🏴 |
M Billy Baxter | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Leadbetter | 🏴 |
W Roy Stephenson | 🏴 |
F Doug Moran | 🏴 |
CF Ted Phillips | 🏴 |
CF Ray Crawford | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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
Ipswich XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
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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