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Game #2704

Aston Villa

Monday, 24 September 1962

Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Attendance: 17,372

Peterborough United

Villa Park

Aston Villa

6-1

Peterborough United

Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 6' | Derek Dougan | 7' | Charlie Aitken | 6-0 |

MATCH SUMMARY

Derek Dougan follows his sending off at Forest with a three goal haul to help Villa see off third division Peterborough in the League Cup.

KEY MAN

Derek Dougan, scored a hat-trick as Villa put six past third division Peterborough, Monday, 24 September 1962.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 24 September 1962

⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Derek Dougan, Assist by Ron Wylie
⚽ | 7' Goal, 2-0, Tommy Ewing, Assist by Derek Dougan
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Harry Burrows
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Derek Dougan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-0 Peterborough United
⚽ | Goal, 5-0, Ron Wylie
🥅 | Goal, 5-1, (Peterborough United), Hudson
⚽ | Goal, 6-1, Derek Dougan, Assist by Charlie Aitken
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-1 Peterborough United

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa win for the first time in three as they hammer third division Peterborough in the League Cup second round.

Aston Villa

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

Peterborough United

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Peterborough United

Previous 5 vs. Peterborough: 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #11 |
Manager Game | #194 |
Monday, 24 September 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 191 | 🟩 | 92 🟨 39 🟥 60 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Peterborough United

None

TEAM NEWS

Tommy Ewing replaces Jimmy MacEwan.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.62 |

Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.67 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.59 |

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 Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jimmy Hagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Peterborough United

GK Brian Ronson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jim Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tommy Singleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ollie Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Gerry Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Terry Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Sheavills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McNamee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
IF Alan Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Roy Senior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Hudson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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