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Game #2743

Aston Villa

15-7-18, 37 PTS

Saturday, 18 May 1963

Aston Villa

2-0

Liverpool

Division One

Liverpool

17-10-15, 44 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,000

Won

16th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | George Graham | 84' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa record successive wins and a third win in four as their end of season form blessedly picks up, young George Graham is the star of the show as he scores one and makes one. Coming into the fixture six clubs had already completed their league season, by full time 16 had. Villa had one game left to play ahead of their two legged League Cup final with neighbours Birmingham, whilst the opposition already had their feet up in readiness.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 18 May 1963

🟢 | 1' Debut, George Graham
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
💥 | 57' Missed Penalty, Cammie Fraser
⚽ | 78' Goal, 1-0, George Graham
⚽ | 84' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by George Graham
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Liverpool

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa win consecutive League games for the first time since October to make it three wins in the last four.

Villa’s latest fixture is their fifteenth in fifty one 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 fifteen wins, seven draws and nineteen defeats in forty one division one games so far this season as a campaign of such promise before the fixture interruption had come completely off the rails following a record for failure that no-one could or would have predicted.

Meanwhile, forward George Graham made a goalscoring Villa debut aged 18 after joining from school football in 1959.

Aston Villa

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

Liverpool

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Liverpool

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #233 |
Saturday, 18 May 1963

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Sid Stoakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mansfield, 1963-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 230 | 🟩 | 107 🟨 47 🟥 76 | 1.6

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Sid Stoakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mansfield, 1963-1965
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Alan Deakin, Mike Tindall, Bobby Thomson and George Graham (debut) replace Vic Crowe, Harry Burrows, Derek Dougan and Phil Woosnam.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.54 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.79 |

Youngest Player |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.26 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F George Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bill Shankly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Tommy Lawrence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ron Yeats | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Chris Lawler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Gerry Byrne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Melia | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Alan A’ Court | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Roger Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian St. John | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injured | 5 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🟢 F George Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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