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Game #2766

Aston Villa

7-1-10, 15 PTS

Saturday, 16 November 1963

Aston Villa

4-0

Manchester United

Division One

Manchester United

9-4-5, 22 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 36,276

Won

18th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 1' | 17' | Tommy Ewing | 52' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa's crazy season continues as they batter 3rd place Manchester United at Villa Park, taking the lead after 35 seconds on route to a 4-0 triumph. Denis Law embarrasses himself again whilst it's clear for all to see that Joe Mercer genuinely does not know what Villa side will turn up game to game.

KEY MAN

Tony Hateley, scored a brace as Villa thrash Manchester United to make it seven wins in eighteen under Joe Mercer, Saturday, 16 November 1963.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 November 1963

⚽ | 1' Goal, 1-0, Tony Hateley, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan (35 Seconds)
⚽ | 17' Goal, 2-0, Alan Deakin Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🟥 | 34' Sending off, (Manchester United), Denis Law
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester United
⚽ | 52' Goal, 3-0, Tony Hateley, Assist by Tommy Ewing
⚽ | 89' Goal, 4-0, Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Manchester United

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa continue their inconsistent season, winning for the third time in ten, equalling their biggest victory of the season to make it seven wins, a draw and ten defeats in eighteen League games.

Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1962-63

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #256 |
Saturday, 16 November 1963

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, -1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 253 | 🟩 | 115 🟨 50 🟥 88 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, -1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟥

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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🟥

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TEAM NEWS

Geoff Sidebottom and Ron Wylie replace Nigel Sims and Vic Crowe.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.37 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 34.68 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.15 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |
LB Noel Cantwell | 🇮🇪 |
LB Tony Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Crerand | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Graham Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Maurice Setters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert Quixall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Herd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Denis Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟥 |

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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United XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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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