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Game #2732

Aston Villa

12-7-12, 31 PTS

Tuesday, 9 April 1963

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Lost

11th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Manchester United

9-7-14, 25 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,867

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Manchester United

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Assist(s) | Alan Baker | 75' |

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 9 April 1963

🥅 | 6' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Norbert Stiles
🚑 | 30' Player retires from field of play with injury, Derek Dougan
🚑 | 36' Player returnes to field of play with injury, Derek Dougan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
🥅 | 53' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester United), Bobby Charlton
⚽ | 75' Goal, 1-2, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Alan Baker
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 9 April 1963
  • Villa's miserable run continues as they lose to 19th placed Manchester United after suffering another injury blighted game, this time for Derek Dougan, robbing Villa of an effective front line. Villa take the game to United throughout but simply have no cutting edge as they remain 11th following their fifth successive defeat.

  • 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.

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Manchester United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Manchester United

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Manchester United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

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

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🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 219 | 🟩 | 104 🟨 46 🟥 69 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Phil Woosnam replaces Gordon Lee.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.73 |

Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 31.21 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.81 |

Referee

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |
LB Shay Brennan | 🇮🇪 |
LB Noel Cantwell | 🇮🇪 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Crerand | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Johnny Giles | 🇮🇪 |
M Nobby Stiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Maurice Setters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Albert Quixall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Herd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

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

Squad Bios

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS
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United XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injured | 2 |
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 9 Apr 1963, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

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