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Game #2717

Aston Villa

Monday, 3 December 1962

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Won

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Norwich City

Villa Park

Attendance: 13,826

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-1

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Norwich City

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🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 3 December 1962

🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Tommy Bryceland
⚽ | 38' Goal, 1-1, Bobby Thomson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City
⚽ | 64' Goal, 2-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Derek Dougan
⚽ | 70' Goal, 3-1, Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 85' Goal, 4-1, Derek Dougan, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Norwich City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 3 December 1962
  • Villa, with 13 goals in four games, sweep aside League Cup Holders Norwich to set up a semi final with Sunderland.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa ease through to the League Cup semi final for the second time in three seasons and make it six unbeaten and four wins as they see off the challenge of second division Norwich at Villa Park.

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Norwich City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Norwich City
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Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #24 |
Manager Game | #207 |
Monday, 3 December 1962

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🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 204 | 🟩 | 100 🟨 42 🟥 62 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Alan Baker replaces Phil Woosnam.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.93 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.72 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.46 |

Referee

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ron Ashman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (Caretaker)

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Norwich City

GK Sandy Kennon | 🇿🇦 |
LB Joe Mullett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Phil Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
RB Bryan Thurlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ollie Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ron Ashman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dick Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Bill Punton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tommy Bryceland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Terry Allcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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

SQUAD STATS
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Norwich XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Cup Tied | 1 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 3 Dec 1962, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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