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Game #2758

Aston Villa

4-1-6, 9 PTS

Saturday, 5 October 1963

Liverpool

5-2

Aston Villa

Division One

Liverpool

6-1-4, 13 PTS

Anfield

Attendance: 39,106

Lost

17th (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 34' | 44' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa make it back to back losses as despite pulling the game back to 2-2 with two fabulous goals from the Tony Hateley and Ron Wylie combination they ship 3 in the second half and slump to 17th in the table.

KEY MAN

Tony Hateley, scored a brace but Villa still lose consecutive games for the first time this season, Saturday, 5 October 1963.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 October 1963

🥅 | 10' Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Ian St John
🥅 | 14' Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Ian Callaghan
⚽ | 34' Goal, 1-2, Tony Hateley, Assist by Ron Wylie
⚽ | 44' Goal, 2-2, Tony Hateley, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | HT Liverpool 2-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49' Goal, 2-3, (Liverpool), Peter Thompson
🥅 | 69' Goal, 2-4, (Liverpool), Roger Hunt
🥅 | 77' Goal, 2-5, (Liverpool), Roger Hunt
🕒 | FT Liverpool 5-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa lose successive matches for the first time this season despite a Tony Hateley brace at Anfield and make it four wins, a draw and six defeats in the first eleven League games of the season.

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 | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #248 |
Saturday, 5 October 1963

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Pickles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, -1964
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 245 | 🟩 | 112 🟨 50 🟥 83 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Pickles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, -1964
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

John Sleeuwenhoek, Ron Wylie and George Graham replace Alan Deakin, Phil Woosnam and Jimmy MacEwan.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.04 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.18 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.04 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bill Shankly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Tommy Lawrence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ron Yeats | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Phil Ferns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Gerry Byrne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Melia | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Peter Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
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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Injury | 2 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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