Game #2751
Aston Villa
2-1-2, 5 PTS
Saturday, 7 September 1963
8th (+8)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | 🟢 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
None
Team News
Joe Mercer hands 16 year old right back Mick Wright his debut in place of Cammie Fraser.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.76 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | 32.10 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | 16.96 |
Debut Appearances
🟢 RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | #501 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances
None
Won
4-0
🟩 7 Sep 1963, Villa 4-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield
Scorer(s) | Alan Deakin | 16' | Harry Burrows | 42' | 56' | 67' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1' Debut, Mick Wright
⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-0, Alan Deakin
⚽ | 42' Goal, 2-0, Harry Burrows
🕒 | HT Blackpool 0-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 56' Goal, 3-0, Harry Burrows
⚽ | 67' Goal, 4-0, Harry Burrows
💥 | Missed Penalty, Tony Hateley
🕒 | FT Blackpool 0-4 Aston Villa
Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #241 |
Saturday, 7 September 1963
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 44 | 🟩 W18 (41% ) | 🟨 D12 | 🇺(68% ) | 🟥 L14 (32% ) | ⚽ 86 | 🥅 71 | GD 15
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 238 | 🟩 | 109 🟨 50 🟥 79 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Division One
Blackpool
1-1-3, 3 PTS
Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 16,885
GK Tony Waiters | 🏴 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴 |
LB Barrie Martin | 🏴 |
CB Roy Gratrix | 🏴 |
CB John McPhee | 🏴 |
W Les Lea | 🏴 |
W Ray Parry | 🏴 |
F Dave Durie | 🏴 |
W Desmond Horne | 🇿🇦 |
CF Pat Quinn | 🏴 |
CF Ray Charnley | 🏴 |
Ron Suart | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa hit four without reply and miss a penalty to put them on 5 points from 3 away games so far this season - their entire points haul.
Joe Mercer's Villa win for the first time in four to make it two wins, a draw and two defeats in the first five League games of the season.
Meanwhile, 16 year old right back Mick Wright made his Villa debut after joining from Mercer's old school in Ellesmere Port in July 1962.
What they Said