Game #2754
Aston Villa
3-1-4, 7 PTS
Monday, 16 September 1963
Lost
14th (-2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 36,170
Tottenham Hotspur
Villa Park
5-0-2, 10 PTS
Villa can't make it consecutive home wins despite taking the lead twice as they are beaten by Spurs & Jimmy Greaves.
Aston Villa
2-4
Tottenham Hotspur
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 2-1 |
KEY MAN
Alan Baker, scored but Villa lose for the fourth time in eight, Monday, 16 September 1963.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 16 September 1963
⚽ | 33' Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Peter Baker
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 50' Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Jimmy Greaves
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Alan Baker, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🥅 | Goal, 2-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Jimmy Greaves
🥅 | 75' Goal, 2-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Terry Dyson
🥅 | 86' Goal, 2-4, (Tottenham Hotspur), Cliff Jones
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-4 Tottenham Hotspur
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa continue their inconsistent start to the campaign as they lose a third home game and make it three wins, a draw and four defeats in the first eight League games of the season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Tottenham Hotspur
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #244 |
Monday, 16 September 1963
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 244 | 🟩 | 111 🟨 51 🟥 82 | 1.57
Career Form:
Top 8
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
Unknown
CARDS
Villa
None
Tottenham Hotspur
None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.51 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 34.51 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | 16.99 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Bill Nicholson | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 |
Tottenham Hotspur
GK Bill Brown | 🏴 |
CB Phil Beal | 🏴 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴 |
RB Peter Baker | 🏴 |
LB Ron Henry | 🏴 |
M Dave Mackay | 🏴 |
M John White | 🏴 |
W Terry Dyson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Les Allen | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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
Spurs XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
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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