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Game #2719

Aston Villa

10-6-6, 26 PTS

Saturday, 15 December 1962

Drew

5th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division One

Attendance: 21,532

West Ham United

Upton Park

5-9-8, 19 PTS

West Ham United

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 65' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa secure a second successive away draw to remain 5th in the table.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 15 December 1962

💥 | 27' Missed Penalty, (West Ham United), Martin Peters
🥅 | 43' Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Martin Peters
🕒 | HT West Ham United 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 65' Goal, 1-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT West Ham United 1-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa make it eight unbeaten to end 1962 in superb form with just two defeats in their last sixteen games to make it ten wins, six draws and six defeats in twenty two division one games so far in 1962-63.

Aston Villa

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

West Ham United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #209 |
Saturday, 15 December 1962

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Tommy Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norfolk, 1958-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 206 | 🟩 | 100 🟨 44 🟥 62 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tommy Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norfolk, 1958-1974
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Tommy Dawes

CARDS

Villa

None

West Ham United

None

TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.01 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.76 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.81 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Ron Greenwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Jim Standen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Joe Kirkup | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bobby Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Jack Burkett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ron Boyce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alan Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Brabrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Johnny Byrne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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West Ham 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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