Game #2700
Aston Villa
4-1-2, 9 PTS
Saturday, 8 September 1962
5th (-4)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 2 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
Gordon Lee and Derek Dougan replace John Neal and Ron Wylie
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.38 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 33.49 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 18.22 |
Villa suffer their first real setback of the season as they are well beaten at Ewood Park in a strangely subdued performance.
Joe Mercer's Villa lose for the second time in four to make it four wins, a draw and two defeats in seven division one games so far in 1962-63.
Lost
1-4
🟥 8 Sep 1962, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Ewood
Scorer(s) | Harry Burrows | 42' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 7' Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Bryan Douglas
🥅 | 39' Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Bryan Douglas
⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-2, Harry Burrows
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 65' Goal, 1-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Fred Pickering
🥅 | 88' Goal, 1-4, (Blackburn Rovers), Ian Lawther
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #190 |
Saturday, 8 September 1962
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Tom Reynolds | 🏴 | South Stanley, 1961-1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Referee: Tom Reynolds | 🏴 | South Stanley, 1961-1962
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 187 | 🟩 | 90 🟨 39 🟥 58 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Blackburn Rovers
2-3-2, 7 PTS
Ewood Park
Attendance: 12,100
GK Fred Else | 🏴 |
RB Keith Newton | 🏴 |
CB Matt Woods | 🏴 |
RB Ken Taylor | 🏴 |
RB John Bray | 🏴 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴 |
M Ronnie Clayton | 🏴 |
W Barrie Ratcliffe | 🏴 |
W Bryan Douglas | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Fred Pickering | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Ian Lawther | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
Jack Marshall | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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