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Game #2732

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 9 April 1963

Lost

Unknown

LLLLL

Division One

Attendance: 26,867

Manchester United

Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

Manchester United

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Bobby Thomson, scored but Villa lost a fifth successive game for the first time since 1958-59, Tuesday, 9 April 1963.

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Tuesday, 9 April 1963

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa lose five successive games for the first time since 1958-59 under Eric Houghton which led to Mercer’s appointment in December 1958.

Villa’s latest fixture is their fourth in twelve days as their wildly interrupted season delivered the inevitable fixture list congestion in the final two months of the season.

As a result, Villa make it twelve wins, seven draws and twelve defeats in thirty one division one games so far this season as a campaign of such promise before the fixture interruption collapses further.

Aston Villa

Manchester United

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1956-57

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. Manchester United: | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #222 |
Tuesday, 9 April 1963

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-2 |
Last 5 Games | LLLLL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Manchester United

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Phil Woosnam replaces Gordon Lee.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.73 |

Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 31.21 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 18.81 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

Aston Villa

GK John Gavan |
FB Cammie Fraser |
LB Charlie Aitken |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek |
M Vic Crowe |
M Mike Tindall |
W Harry Burrows |
F Derek Dougan |
F Alan Baker |
F Phil Woosnam |
F Bobby Thomson |

Manchester United

Gregg, Brennan, Cantwell, Foulkes, Crerand, Giles, Stiles (g), Setters, Charlton (g), Herd, Quixall. Manager: Matt Busby.

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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