Game #2713
Aston Villa
Monday, 12 November 1962
Won
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 18,815
Preston North End
Villa Park
Aston Villa
6-2
Preston North End
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa recover from the Hillsborough thuggery to trounce Preston in the League Cup Fourth Round to reach the last 8.
KEY MAN
Harry Burrows, scored his eleventh in fourteen games as Villa beat Preston in the League Cup, Monday, 12 November 1962.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 12 November 1962
⚽ | 14' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows, pen
⚽ | 23' Goal, 2-0, Alan Baker
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Preston North End
⚽ | 52' Goal, 3-0, Alan O'Neill
⚽ | 59' Goal, 4-0, Alan Baker
⚽ | Goal, 5-0, Harry Burrows
⚽ | 74' Goal, 6-0, Alan O'Neill
🥅 | Goal, 6-1, (Preston North End), Dawson
🥅 | Goal, 6-2, (Preston North End), Dawson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-2 Preston North End
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa get back to winning ways for the first time in four as they beat second division Preston in the fourth round of the League Cup.
Meanwhile, full back Cammie Fraser made his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from Dunfermline Athletic in October 1962.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Preston North End
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #20 |
Manager Game | #203 |
Monday, 12 November 1962
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 200 | 🟩 | 97 🟨 41 🟥 62 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
Unknown
CARDS
Villa
None
Preston North End
None
TEAM NEWS
Cammie Fraser (debut), Kenny Fencott and Derek Dougan replace Gordon Lee, Jimmy MacEwan and Bobby Thomson.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 22.53 |
Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 30.80 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 18.40 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴 | 🟢 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
F Ken Fencott | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Jimmy Milne | 🏴 |
Preston North End
GK Alan Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
RB John Donnelly | 🏴 |
RB George Ross | 🏴 |
CB Jim Smith | 🏴 |
M John O'Neill | 🇮🇪 |
M Dave Barber | 🏴 |
W Dave Wilson | 🏴 |
W Peter Thompson | 🏴 |
F Alan Spavin | 🏴 |
CF Alec Alston | 🏴 |
CF Alex Dawson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
Preston XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
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
🟢 FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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