Game #2718
Saturday, 8 December 1962
Attendance: 36,773
Drew
Division One
5th= (+1)
Leicester City
WDWWD
Filbert Street
Leicester City
3-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Harry Burrows, scored his fifteenth goal in nineteen games as Villa go seven unbeaten, Saturday, 8 December 1962.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa make it seven unbeaten and now have just two defeats in their last fifteen games but are held to a draw despite scoring three away at Filbert Street to make it ten wins, five draws and six defeats in twenty one division one games so far in 1962-63.
Aston Villa
Leicester City
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Leicester: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #208 |
Saturday, 8 December 1962
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 3-3 |
Last 5 Games | WDWWD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Leicester City
TEAM NEWS
Phil Woosnam replaces Alan Baker.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.99 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 33.74 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 18.79 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer
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 Phil Woosnam |
Leicester City
Banks, Chalmers, Appleton, McLintock, Norman, King, Stringfellow (g), Wiley, Walsh, Keyworth, Gibson (ex) (g) (g). Manager: Matt Gillies.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
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