Game #2709
Aston Villa
8-2-4 18 PTS
Saturday, 20 October 1962
Won
6th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 25,208
Leyton Orient
Villa Park
4-1-9, 9 PTS
Villa beat Orient to sit 6th in the table and the season looks like it's shaping up to be a good one. Nicely placed in the table, through to the later rounds of the League Cup and with a host of first teamers to return including top scoring centre forward Derek Dougan.
Aston Villa
1-0
Leyton Orient
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Harry Burrows, scored his seventh in ten games as Villa win their fifth in six, Saturday, 20 October 1962.
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Saturday, 20 October 1962
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leyton Orient
⚽ | 77' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Leyton Orient
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa go six unbeaten winning five to make it eight wins, two draws and four defeats in fourteen division one games so far in 1962-63.
Meanwhile, full back John Neal made his final appearance for Villa aged 30 before moving on to Southend United in November 1962. Neal played for Villa between 1959-60 and 1962-63 making 114 appearances.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Leyton Orient
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Leyton Orient
Previous 5 vs. Orient: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #199 |
Saturday, 20 October 1962
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Fred Duxbury | 🏴 | Preston, -1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 199 | 🟩 | 97 🟨 41 🟥 61 | 1.67
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Fred Duxbury | 🏴 | Preston, -1966
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Fred Duxbury
CARDS
Villa
None
Leyton Orient
None
TEAM NEWS
Nigel Sims, John Neal and Alan O’Neill replace Geoff Sidebottom, Vic Crowe and Alan Baker.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.24 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | 31.22 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 | 18.66 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Johnny Carey | 🇮🇪 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
Leyton Orient
GK Bill Robertson | 🏴 |
CB Sid Bishop | 🏴 |
RB Stan Charlton | 🏴 |
RB Cyril Lea | 🏴 |
M Billy Taylor | 🏴 |
W George Waites | 🏴 |
W Norman Deeley | 🏴 |
F Gordon Bolland | 🏴 |
F Malcolm Graham | 🏴 |
CF Derek Gibbs | 🏴 |
CF Dave Dunmore | 🏴 |
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
Orient XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
Suspension | 1 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
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
🔴 FB John Neal | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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