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Game #2763

Aston Villa

5-1-9, 11 PTS

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Saturday, 26 October 1963

19th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Matchday Squad:

None

Joe Mercer hands Dave Pountney his debut in place of Mike Tindall.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.76 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 34.62 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.10 |

  • Villa lose once again and fall back to 19th place.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa fail to score for the fourth time in seven and lose for the sixth time over that period to make it five wins, a draw and nine defeats in fifteen League games. 

  • Meanwhile, midfielder Dave Pountney made his Villa debut after joining from Shrewsbury Town earlier this month.

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Lost

0-1

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

🟢 | 1' Debut, Dave Pountney
🥅 | 39' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Mark Pearson
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa

Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #253 |
Saturday, 26 October 1963

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1962-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Referee: Ken Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1962-1965

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

🟢 M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #502 | £20,000 signing from Shrewsbury

Final Appearances:

None

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 250 | 🟩 | 113 🟨 50 🟥 87 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
298
🟩
132
🟨
0
298
🟨
64
🟥
0
0
🟥
102
3
🥅
71
449
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
104
🟩
43
🟨
1
104
🟨
18
🟥
0
0
🟥
43
3
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
102
🟩
43
🟨
0
102
🟨
18
🟥
0
0
🟥
41
1
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
13
🟩
5
🟨
0
13
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
8
0
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
1
🟩
0
🟨
0
1
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
31
🟩
14
🟨
1
31
🟨
4
🟥
0
5
🟥
13
11
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
148
🟩
74
🟨
0
148
🟨
34
🟥
1
30
🟥
40
43
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
17
🟩
6
🟨
0
17
🟨
1
🟥
0
10
🟥
10
2
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
341
🟩
141
🟨
2
341
🟨
72
🟥
0
11
🟥
128
14
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
123
🟩
58
🟨
1
123
🟨
18
🟥
1
53
🟥
47
31
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
37
🟩
12
🟨
0
37
🟨
5
🟥
0
2
🟥
20
4
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

7-2-6, 16 PTS

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Hillsborough

Attendance: 20,616

GK Ron Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Don Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Swan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Gerry Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ton McAnearney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Alan Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Colin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Mark Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Keith Ellis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Vic Buckingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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