Game #2722
Saturday, 19 January 1963
Attendance: 21,340
Drew
Division One
Unknown
Blackburn Rovers
DDWDD
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-0
Blackburn Rovers
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa taste League action for the first time in five weeks and make it ten unbeaten with just two defeats in their last nineteen games to make it ten wins, seven draws and six defeats in twenty three division one games so far in 1962-63.
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #212 |
Saturday, 19 January 1963
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Last 5 Games | DDWDD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Blackburn Rovers
TEAM NEWS
Alan Baker replaces Derek Dougan.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.53 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 33.85 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 18.59 |
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 Alan Baker |
F Bobby Thomson |
F Phil Woosnam |
Blackburn Rovers
Else, Newton, Woods, Bray, Ferguson (ex), McGrath, Clayton, Byrom, Harrison, Pickering, Douglas. Manager: Jack Marshall.
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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PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES