Game #2727
Aston Villa
12-7-7, 31 PTS
Saturday, 16 March 1963
Won
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 46,680
Birmingham City
Villa Park
6-8-12, 20 PTS
Aston Villa
4-0
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 23' | Phil Woosnam | 27' | Tommy Ewing | 31' |
MATCH SUMMARY
A rested Villa play on a footballing surface for the first time in half a dozen games and hammer Birmingham with ease to push their neighbours nearer to relegation. Villa have the luxury of a full seven days before their next fixture but questions are asked as two matches in thirteen days does not seem like optimising a fixture list within which Villa still have at least 18 games to play before the traditional end of the season in April - just 6 weeks away. Villa then are likely to need to play at least three games per week until the end of the season, why not fit some of those in now to reduce the burden on Joe Mercer's men?
KEY MAN
Phil Woosnam, best game in a Villa shirt so far
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 March 1963
⚽ | 23' Goal, 1-0, Phil Woosnam, Assist by Harry Burrows
⚽ | 27' Goal, 2-0, Alan Deakin, Assist by Phil Woosnam
⚽ | 31' Goal, 3-0, Alan Baker, Assist by Tommy Ewing
💥 | 33' Missed penalty, (Birmingham City), Stan Lynn
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Birmingham City
⚽ | 51' Goal, 4-0, Harry Burrows, pen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Birmingham City
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa, having played five games in three months play their fourth in ten days as they hammer neighbours Birmingham to make it two defeats in sixteen and twelve wins, seven draws and seven defeats in twenty six division one games so far in 1962-63.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #217 |
Saturday, 16 March 1963
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Vince James | 🏴 | York, 1961-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 214 | 🟩 | 104 🟨 46 🟥 64 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Vince James | 🏴 | York, 1961-1974
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Birmingham City
None
TEAM NEWS
John Sleeuwenhoek, Alan Baker and Tommy Ewing replace Ron Wylie, Mike Tindall and Jimmy MacEwan.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.94 |
Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 31.14 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 18.74 |
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 Tommy Ewing | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Gil Merrick | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Jimmy Schofield | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴 |
D Terry Hennessey | 🏴 |
FB Colin Green | 🏴 |
LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴 |
M Bertie Auld | 🏴 |
W Mike Hellawell | 🏴 |
F Ken Leek | 🏴 |
CF Robin Stubbs | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Harris | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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