Game #2695
Aston Villa
2-0-0, 4 PTS
Monday, 20 August 1962
Won
1st= (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 55,630
Tottenham Hotspur
Villa Park
1-0-1, 2 PTS
Aston Villa
2-1
Tottenham Hotspur
Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 52' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa make it two wins in two as Tottenham were flattered to lose 2-1. (They're still trophy starved and rubbish in 2024)
KEY MAN
Derek Dougan, made it three in two games to help Villa to successive wins at the start of the campaign, Monday, 20 August 1962.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 20 August 1962
🥅 | 26' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Terry Medwin
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
⚽ | 51' Goal, 1-1, Derek Dougan
⚽ | 52' Goal, 2-1, Derek Dougan, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa make it successive home wins in the opening two games of the season with a third top 10 finish already looking promising.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Tottenham Hotspur
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1961-62
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #185 |
Monday, 20 August 1962
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 182 | 🟩 | 88 🟨 38 🟥 56 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
Unknown
CARDS
Villa
None
Tottenham Hotspur
None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.76 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 33.44 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 18.17 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bill Nicholson | 🏴 |
Tottenham Hotspur
GK Bill Brown | 🏴 |
RB Peter Baker | 🏴 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴 |
LB Ron Henry | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
M Dave Mackay | 🏴 |
M John White | 🏴 |
W Terry Medwin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴 |
CF Bobby Smith | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴 |
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
Spurs XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
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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