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Game #2711

Aston Villa

8-2-6 18 PTS

Saturday, 3 November 1962

Lost

7th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Attendance: 28,009

Fulham

Villa Park

4-4-8, 12 PTS

Aston Villa

1-2

Fulham

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose a second successive game to opposition they were expected to beat and even Derek Dougan's return and playing 10-men for almost 80 minutes does not help.

KEY MAN

Harry Burrows, scored his ninth in twelve games but Villa lose successive matches, Saturday, 3 November 1962.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 November 1962

🥅 | 8' Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Jackie Henderson
💥 | 10' Player left field of play with injury, Bill Dodgin
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Fulham
🥅 | 68' Goal, 0-2, (Fulham), Stan Brown
⚽ | 83' Goal, 1-2, Harry Burrows, pen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Fulham

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa lose for the second successive game to make it eight wins, two draws and six defeats in sixteen division one games so far in 1962-63.

Aston Villa

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

Fulham

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Fulham

Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #201 |
Saturday, 3 November 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: R. E. Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Monmouth, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 198 | 🟩 | 96 🟨 40 🟥 62 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: R. E. Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Monmouth, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Fulham

None

TEAM NEWS

Derek Dougan replaces Alan O’Neill.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.73 |

Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.78 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.70 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Bedford Jezzard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Fulham

GK Tony Macedo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Dodgin Jr. | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ❌ |
LB Jim Langley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB George Cohen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Eddie Lowe (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Mullery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat O’Connell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Graham Leggat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Jackie Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

None

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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