Game #2771
Saturday, 21 December 1963
Attendance: 17,095
Lost
Division One
18th (-1)
Blackburn Rovers
LDDWL
Ewood Park
Blackburn Rovers
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa follow up their first win in four with defeat and fail to score for the ninth time in fifteen matches to make it eight wins, three draws and twelve defeats in twenty three League games.
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #261 |
Saturday, 21 December 1963
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-2 |
Last 5 Games | LDDWL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Blackburn Rovers
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names the same line up for a third successive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 34.77 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 17.25 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer
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 |
Blackburn Rovers
Else, Newton, Bray, England, Ferguson (ex), McGrath, Clayton, Harrison, Pickering (g) (g), McEvoy, Douglas. Manager: Jack Marshall.
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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PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES