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Game #2712

Aston Villa

8-3-6 19 PTS

Saturday, 10 November 1962

Sheffield Wednesday

0-0

Aston Villa

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

6-7-4, 19 PTS

Hillsborough

Attendance: 20,574

Drew

7th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

In a truly shocking game, Wednesday bring thuggery to the pitch and terraces as players and fans alike disgrace Sheffield and football. Jimmy MacEwan comes off worst, staggering off the pitch bloodied, and Villa are left to do whatever they can to get through the game unscathed.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 November 1962

🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Aston Villa
🟥 | 66' Sending off, (Sheffield Wednesday), David Layne
💥 | 66' Player left field of play with injury, Jimmy MacEwan
💥 | 75' Player returned to field of play, Jimmy MacEwan
🟨 | Booking, Alan O'Neill
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa fail to score for the first time this season but secure a goalless draw to end a run of two defeats and make it eight wins, three draws and six defeats in seventeen division one games so far in 1962-63.

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #202 |
Saturday, 10 November 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Harry Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockton on Tees, 1961-1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 199 | 🟩 | 96 🟨 41 🟥 62 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Harry Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockton on Tees, 1961-1966
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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🟥

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TEAM NEWS

Jimmy MacEwan, Alan Baker, Mike Tindall and Alan O’Neill replace Alan Deakin, Ron Wylie, Tommy Ewing and Derek Dougan.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.57 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.66 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.40 |

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 Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🚑 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Vic Buckingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Ron Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Don Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tom Horrobin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Swan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robin Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom McAnearney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Edwin Holliday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Derek Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Colin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Griffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Layne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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