Game #2735
Aston Villa
12-7-15, 31 PTS
Tuesday, 16 April 1963
Lost
13th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 31,506
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Villa Park
18-8-9, 44 PTS
Villa, unable to buy a goal or a share of luck, lose out once again in an otherwise OK performance but the pomp and clinicism of a bouyant Wolves side sends Villa to a scarcely believeable eighth successive defeat. There is no disdain or slow-hand clapping from the terraces however as everyone witnessing this run knows it's temporary and cannot last forever especially with 17th placed Bolton up next....
Aston Villa
0-2
Wolves
Assist(s) | None
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Tuesday, 16 April 1963
🥅 | 16' Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Alan Hinton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
🥅 | 57' Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Terry Wharton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa lose eight successive games for the first time in the club’s history.
Villa’s latest fixture is their seventh in nineteen days as they play the same opponents on successive days after 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 fifteen defeats in thirty four division one games so far this season as a campaign of such promise before the fixture interruption comes completely off the rails and sets a record for failure that no-one could or would have predicted.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Wolverhampton Wanderers
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60
FIXTURE HISTORY
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #225 |
Tuesday, 16 April 1963
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: George McCabe | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1954-1969
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 225 | 🟩 | 105 🟨 47 🟥 73 | 1.61
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: George McCabe | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1954-1969
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
George McCabe
CARDS
Villa
None
Wolverhampton Wanderers
None
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe and Derek Dougan replace Alan Deakin and Mike Tindall as Joe Mercer attempts to end a record breaking run of seven consecutive defeats.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.72 |
Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 | 31.23 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 18.83 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers
GK Fred Davies | 🏴 |
CB David Woodfield | 🏴 |
LB Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
D George Showell | 🏴 |
M John Kirkham | 🏴 |
M Ron Flowers | 🏴 |
M Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
W Terry Wharton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Alan Hinton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Chris Crowe | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Murray | 🏴 |
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
Wolves XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injured | 1 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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