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Game #2696

Saturday, 25 August 1962

Attendance: 29,524

Won

Division One

1st= (-)

Manchester City

LDWWW

Maine Road

Manchester City

0-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Harry Burrows, scored to help Villa to a third successive win at the start of the campaign, Saturday, 25 August 1962.

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ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa make it three successive wins at the start of the campaign with a third top 10 finish already looking promising.

Aston Villa

Manchester City

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #186 |
Saturday, 25 August 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | LDWWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Manchester City

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TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names the same line up for the third successive game at the start of the campaign.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.78 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 33.45 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 18.19 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB Gordon Lee |
LB Charlie Aitken |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek |
M Vic Crowe |
M Alan Deakin |
W Harry Burrows |
W Jimmy MacEwan |
F Bobby Thomson |
F Derek Dougan |
F Alan Baker |

Manchester City

Trautmann, Betts, Benson, Plenderleith, Kennedy, Oakes, Shawcross, Dobing, Wagstaffe, Young, Harley. Manager: Les McDowell.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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