Game #2746
Aston Villa
Monday, 27 May 1963
Drew
Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
League Cup
Attendance: 37,921
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-0
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
If Villa were timid in the first leg they were downright petrified in the second as Joe Mercer's men fail to rise to the occasion at the end of this most extraordinary of seasons. Although Villa's preparation had been far from ideal, Birmingham, collecting their first ever trophy, were deserving winners over the two legs.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 27 May 1963
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
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 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
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #53 |
Manager Game | #236 |
Monday, 27 May 1963
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴 | Grimsby, -1965
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Aggregate Result: 🟥 Lost
Aggregate Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 233 | 🟩 | 107 🟨 49 🟥 77 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴 | Grimsby, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Birmingham City
None
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Gil Merrick | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Jimmy Schofield | 🏴 |
FB Colin Green | 🏴 |
D Terry Hennessey | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn (ex) | 🏴 |
LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴 |
M Bertie Auld | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Bloomfield | 🏴 |
W Mike Hellawell | 🏴 |
F Ken Leek | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Harris | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injured | 5 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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