Game #2746
Monday, 27 May 1963
Attendance: 37,921
Drew
League Cup Final
Final
Birmingham City
WWDLD
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-0
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa can only secure a goal-less draw in the second leg of the League Cup final as their first leg defeat at St Andrew’s hands relegated neighbours Birmingham their first ever trophy.
Villa’s final fixture of the season is their eighteenth in just sixty days after their wildly interrupted campaign delivered the inevitable fixture list congestion and required Villa to play once every three days in the final two months of the season.
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham City: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #53 |
Manager Game | #236 |
Monday, 27 May 1963
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Joe Mercer |
Referee | A.W. Sparling |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Aggregate Score | 1-3 |
Last 5 Games | WWDLD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Birmingham City
TEAM NEWS
Lew Chatterley replaces John Sleeuwenhoek for the second leg of the League Cup final.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.47 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 31.82 |
Youngest Player |
M Lew Chatterley | 18.29 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer
MANAGER
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
FB Gordon Lee |
FB Cammie Fraser |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Lew Chatterley |
M Vic Crowe |
W Harry Burrows |
F Ron Wylie |
F George Graham |
F Alan Baker |
F Bobby Thomson |
Birmingham City
Schofield, Hennessey, Smith, Green, Lynn (ex), Auld, Beard (ex), Bloomfield, Hellawell, Leek, Harris
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
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