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Game #2725

Saturday, 9 March 1963

Attendance: 11,509

Won

Division One

Unknown

Leyton Orient

DDLWW

Brisbane Road

Leyton Orient

0-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Phil Woosnam, scored his first goal for Villa to help set up a second successive win, Saturday, 9 March 1963.

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa, having played five games in three months play their second in just three days but they beat Orient to make it one defeat in fourteen and eleven wins, seven draws and seven defeats in twenty five division one games so far in 1962-63.

Aston Villa

Leyton Orient

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Orient: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #215 |
Saturday, 9 March 1963

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | DDLWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Leyton Orient

All the matches

TEAM NEWS

Mike Tindall, Ron Wylie, Tommy Ewing and Cammie Fraser replace John Sleeuwenhoek, Bobby Thomson, Jimmy MacEwan and Gordon Lee.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.51 |

Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 31.12 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 18.72 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom |
FB Cammie Fraser |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Mike Tindall |
M Vic Crowe |
M Alan Deakin |
W Harry Burrows |
W Tommy Ewing |
F Phil Woosnam |
F Alan Baker |
F Ron Wylie |

Leyton Orient

Robertson, Bishop, Charlton, Lucas, Lea, Musgrove, Mason, Lewis, Dunmore, Deeley, Bolland. Manager: Johnny Carey.

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

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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MATCHDAY QUOTES