Game #2788
Aston Villa
10-12-16, 32 PTS
Tuesday, 31 March 1964
Drew
17th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 28,048
Birmingham City
St Andrew's
9-7-21, 25 PTS
Birmingham City
3-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Alan Baker | 13' | Tommy Ewing | 30' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa play Birmingham again and another injustice occurs as Villa's neighbours are awarded a last minute equaliser despite THREE players being offside. Referee Roper refused to hear the protests as all sides of the ground looked on in shock.
KEY MAN
Lew Chatterley, scored a brace as Villa score three away to draw for the seventh time in ten under Joe Mercer, Tuesday, 31 March 1964.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 31 March 1964
⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Lew Chatterley
⚽ | 13' Goal, 2-0, Mike Tindall, Assist by Alan Baker
🥅 | 16' Goal, 2-1, (Birmingham City, pen), Stan Lynn
🥅 | 22' Goal, 2-2, (Birmingham City), Ken Leek
⚽ | 30' Goal, 3-2, Lew Chatterley, Assist by Tommy Ewing
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 2-3 Aston Villa
🥅 | 90' Goal, 3-3, (Birmingham City), Jimmy Bloomfield
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 3-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa score three away from home but can only draw for the seventh time in ten to make it ten wins, twelve draws and sixteen defeats in thirty eight League games under Mercer.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #278 |
Tuesday, 31 March 1964
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Gordon Roper | 🏴 | -1964 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 275 | 🟩 | 118 🟨 62 🟥 95 | 1.51
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gordon Roper | 🏴 | -1964 🆘
🆘 Awarded a last minute equaliser to Birmingham despite not one, not two, but three players clearly in offside positions.
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Gordon Roper
CARDS
Villa
None
Birmingham City
None
TEAM NEWS
Lew Chatterley and Dave Pountney replace John Sleeuwenhoek and Ron Wylie.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 22.48 |
Oldest Player |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴 | 26.93 |
Youngest Player |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 | 19.13 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Bob Wilson | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Gil Merrick | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ |
D Terry Hennessey | 🏴 |
CB Winston Foster | 🏴 |
FB Colin Green | 🏴 |
LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Bloomfield | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Bertie Auld | 🏴 |
W Mike Hellawell | 🏴 |
F Ken Leek | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Harris | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
International Duty | 1 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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