Game #2720
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 January 1963
Won
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 32,237
Sunderland
Roker Park
Having had five matches abandoned or cancelled since they last played (22 December 1962 Villa v Manchester City, abandoned after 48 minutes due to fog; 26 December 1962 Villa v Liverpool, Called off due to frozen pitch; 29 December 1962 Liverpool v Villa, Called off due to frozen pitch; 5 January 1963 Bristol City v Villa, Called off due to snow; 12 January 1963 Blackpool v Villa, Called off due to snow), Villa face Sunderland at Roker Park in frozen conditions as they compete their much delayed League Cup Semi Final first leg.
Villa, in difficult conditions, win through but not before Sunderland suffer losing their goalkeeper to injury ahead of Derek Dougan putting Villa 3-1 up ahead of the second leg.
Sunderland
1-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 25' | 88' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 January 1963
⚽ | 25' Goal, 1-0, Vic Crowe, Assist by Harry Burrows
⚽ | 44' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson
🕒 | HT Sunderland 0-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 60' Goal, 2-1, (Sunderland), Dominic Sharkey
💥 | 72' Player leaves field of play with injury (Sunderland), Jimmy Montgomery
⚽ | 88' Goal, 3-1, Derek Dougan, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Sunderland 1-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa play for the first time in a month as they continue their superb form to take a commanding lead in the League Cup semi final at Roker Park setting Villa up in pole position for their second League Cup Final in three seasons after winning the inaugural competition in 1960-61. As a result Villa are now nine unbeaten with five wins and have lost just twice in their last seventeen.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Sunderland
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1936-37
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sunderland
Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #210 |
Saturday, 12 January 1963
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: A Jobling | 🏴 | Morecambe, -1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 210 | 🟩 | 102 🟨 45 🟥 63 | 1.67
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: A Jobling | 🏴 | Morecambe, -1963
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
A Jobling
CARDS
Villa
None
Sunderland
None
TEAM NEWS
Alan Baker replaces Phil Woosnam.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.04 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 33.83 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 18.57 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Alan Brown | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Sunderland
GK Jimmy Montgomery | 🏴 | ❌ |
RB Colin Nelson | 🏴 |
CB Charles Hurley | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jim McNab | 🏴 |
LB Len Ashurst | 🏴 |
M Stan Anderson | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Davison | 🏴 |
W George Mulhall | 🏴 |
F Amby Fogarty | 🇮🇪 |
F Johnny Crossan | 🇬🇧 |
CF Nick Sharkey | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Sunderland XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Cup Tied | 1 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 |
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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