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Game #2693

Aston Villa

18-8-16, 44 PTS

Tuesday, 1 May 1962

Aston Villa

2-2

Cardiff City

Division One

Cardiff City

9-14-19, 32 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 21,446

Drew

7th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Assist(s) | Vic Crowe | 31' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa end the season with a run of the mill draw at home to relegated Cardiff to finish 7th in the table.

KEY MAN

Derek Dougan, the last Villa player to score in 1961-62, Tuesday, 1 May 1962.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 1 May 1962

🥅 | 5' Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Dai Ward
⚽ | 7' Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, Frank Rankmore
🥅 | 17' Goal, 1-2, (Cardiff City), Mel Charles
⚽ | 31' Goal, 2-2, Derek Dougan, Assist by Vic Crowe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Cardiff City
💥 | 75' Player injured on field of play, Derek Dougan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Cardiff City

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer’s Villa end the season without a win in three having played their fifth game in ten days. As a result, Villa make it eighteen wins, eight draws and sixteen defeats in forty two Division One games this season to finish seventh in the table in a season notable for some strong League runs under Mercer including a number of impressive wins. That Villa also won the 1960-61 League Cup that was carried over to this season due to fixture congestion underlined that a side, who Mercer had brought out of the second tier just two seasons earlier, was well and truly back on the map.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Cardiff City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Cardiff City

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #183 |
Tuesday, 1 May 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 180 | 🟩 | 86 🟨 38 🟥 56 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Harry Burrows replaces Jimmy MacEwan.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.72 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.75 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.87 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

Bill Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

GK Graham Vearncombe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Alec Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Alan Harrington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Frank Rankmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Colin Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Durban | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Mel Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Pickrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Dai Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Derek Tapscott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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Cardiff XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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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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