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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

All the matches

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

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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