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Game #2705

Aston Villa

6-1-4 13 PTS

Saturday, 29 September 1962

Aston Villa

4-2

Ipswich Town

Division One

Ipswich Town

2-5-4, 9 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 36,242

Won

9th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 2' | Alan Deakin | 20' | Ron Wylie | 61' | Derek Dougan | 69' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa hit Ipswich for four and could have had significantly more but the victory only moves them to 9th in the table.

KEY MAN

Bobby Thomson, scored a brace to help Villa to a second successive win, Saturday, 29 September 1962.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 September 1962

⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Ron Wylie, Assist by Harry Burrows
⚽ | 20' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Alan Deakin
🥅 | 38' Goal, 2-1, (Ipswich Town), Ray Crawford
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Ipswich Town
⚽ | 61' Goal, 3-1, Derek Dougan, Assist by Ron Wylie
⚽ | 69' Goal, 4-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Derek Dougan
🥅 | 87' Goal, 4-2, (Ipswich Town), Ray Crawford
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Ipswich Town

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa follow up their big League Cup win to make it ten goals scored in two games and six wins, a draw and four defeats in eleven division one games so far in 1962-63.

Aston Villa

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

Ipswich Town

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1961-62

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Ipswich Town

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #195 |
Saturday, 29 September 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1962-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 192 | 🟩 | 93 🟨 39 🟥 60 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1962-1965
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.63 |

Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.68 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.60 |

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

Alf Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK Roy Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ken Malcolm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Andy Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Compton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Elsworthy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Billy Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bobby Blackwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Roy Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Doug Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ted Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

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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Ipswich 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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