Game #2720
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 January 1963
Sunderland
1-3
Aston Villa
League Cup
Sunderland
Roker Park
Attendance: 32,237
Won
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 25' | 88' |
MATCH SUMMARY
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 DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #210 |
Saturday, 12 January 1963
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Jobling | 🏴 | Morecambe, 1958-1963
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
🕒 207 | 🟩 | 101 🟨 44 🟥 62 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur Jobling | 🏴 | Morecambe, 1958-1963
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 19 Nov 1960, Villa 2-1 Fulham, Villa Park
Cards: 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
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 Alan Baker | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Alan Brown | 🏴 |
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
SQUAD STATS
Sunderland XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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