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Game #2769

Aston Villa

7-3-11, 17 PTS

Saturday, 7 December 1963

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Drew

19th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

Division One

Leicester City

6-8-7, 20 PTS

Filbert Street

Attendance: 21,402

🟨 7 Dec 1963, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

Leicester City

0-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 7 Dec 1963, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 December 1963

🟢 | 1' Debut, Stan Horne
🚑 | 17' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Leicester City), Ian King
🚑 | 32' Player returns to field of play, (Leicester City), Ian King
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 7 Dec 1963, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 December 1963
  • Joe Mercer's Villa fail to score for the third successive match and the eighth time in thirteen to make it seven wins, three draws and eleven defeats in twenty one League games. 

  • Villa secure a second successive goalless draw to remain 19th in the table.

  • Midfielder Stan Horne made his Villa debut after joining from Bampton Youth club in August 1960.

🟨 7 Dec 1963, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Stan Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #503 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 7 Dec 1963, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #259 |
Saturday, 7 December 1963

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🟨 7 Dec 1963, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, 1960-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 256 | 🟩 | 115 🟨 52 🟥 89 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, 1960-1965

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer hands Stan Horne his debut in place of Ron Wylie.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.36 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 34.73 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.21 |

Referee

🟨 7 Dec 1963, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Matt Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Gordon Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Len Chalmers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Graham Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Richie Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Appleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Goodfellow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tom Sweenie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Billy Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 7 Dec 1963, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟨 7 Dec 1963, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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