Game #2769
Saturday, 7 December 1963
Attendance: 21,402
Drew
Division One
18th (+1)
Leicester City
LWLDD
Filbert Street
Leicester City
0-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
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.
Midfielder Stan Horne made his Villa debut after joining from Bampton Youth club in August 1960.
Aston Villa
Leicester City
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Leicester: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #259 |
Saturday, 7 December 1963
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Last 5 Games | LWLDD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Leicester City
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer hands Stan Horne his debut in place of Ron Wylie.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.36 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 34.73 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 17.21 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer
MANAGER
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek |
RB Mick Wright |
M Lew Chatterley |
M Dave Pountney |
M Alan Deakin |
M Vic Crowe |
M Stan Horne |
W Jimmy MacEwan |
W Harry Burrows |
CF Tony Hateley |
Leicester City
Banks, Chalmers, Cross, Appleton, McLintock, Norman, King, Roberts, Goodfellow, Hodgson, Sweenie. Manager: Matt Gillies.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
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