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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

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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