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Game #2703

Aston Villa

5-1-4 11 PTS

Saturday, 22 September 1962

Nottingham Forest

3-1

Aston Villa

Division One

Nottingham Forest

6-2-2, 14 PTS

City Ground

Attendance: 32,046

Lost

10th (-5)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Derek Dougan is sent off for violent play and Villa collapse to a second successive defeat. As a result Villa slump to 10th in the table.

KEY MAN

Harry Burrows, scored his third in four but Villa lose a second successive game, Saturday, 22 September 1962.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 22 September 1962

🥅 | 33' Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Colin Addison
🟥 | 38' Sending off, Derek Dougan
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Geoff Vowden
⚽ | 88' Goal, 1-2, Harry Burrows, pen
🥅 | 89' Goal, 1-3, (Nottingham Forest), Dick Le Flem
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 3-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa lose for the second successive game and the third time in four as their early season form falters to make it five wins, a draw and four defeats in ten division one games so far in 1962-63.

Aston Villa

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

Nottingham Forest

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #193 |
Saturday, 22 September 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 190 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 39 🟥 60 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟥

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Geoff Sidebottom, Vic Crowe and Ron Wylie replace Nigel Sims, John Neal and Alan Baker.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.35 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.53 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.58 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | 🟥 |

MANAGER

Andy Beattie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Peter Grummitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Joe Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB John Winfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Colin Addison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Calvin Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dick Le Flem | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Len Julians | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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