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Game #2703

Aston Villa

5-1-4 11 PTS

Saturday, 22 September 1962

Lost

10th (-5)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Attendance: 32,046

Nottingham Forest

City Ground

6-2-2, 14 PTS

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.

Nottingham Forest

3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

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

Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

🕒 193 | 🟩 | 92 🟨 40 🟥 61 | 1.64

Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟥

Vernon Batty

CARDS

Villa

🟥

Nottingham Forest

None

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

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Andy Beattie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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 | 🇬🇧 | 🟥 |

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

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

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

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

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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