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Game #2758

Aston Villa

4-1-6, 9 PTS

Saturday, 5 October 1963

Lost

17th (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Attendance: 39,106

Liverpool

Anfield

6-1-4, 13 PTS

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.

Liverpool

5-2

Aston Villa

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

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

Liverpool

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

🕒 248 | 🟩 | 113 🟨 51 🟥 84 | 1.57

Career Form:

Top 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

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

Jim Pickles

CARDS

Villa

None

Liverpool

None

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

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bill Shankly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

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

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

Liverpool XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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