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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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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

All the matches refereed by:

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

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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