Game #2789
Aston Villa
11-12-16, 34 PTS

Saturday, 4 April 1964
16th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
GK Bob Wilson | 🏴 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Bob Wilson | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 |
International Duty | 1 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
Team News
John Sleeuwenhoek replaces Alan Deakin.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 22.28 |
Oldest Player |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴 | 26.94 |
Youngest Player |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 | 19.15 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Won
2-0
🟩 4 Apr 1964, Villa 2-0 Burnley, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Tony Hateley | 54' | 58' |
Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 58' |
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Burnley
⚽ | 54' Goal, 1-0, Tony Hateley
⚽ | 58' Goal, 2-0, Tony Hateley, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Burnley
Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #279 |
Saturday, 4 April 1964

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: L. Callaghan | 🏴 | Merthyr Tydfil
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: L. Callaghan | 🏴 | Merthyr Tydfil
Linesmen: L. P. Williams; R. F. Johnson
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 276 | 🟩 | 119 🟨 62 🟥 95 | 1.52
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Division One
Burnley
15-10-14, 40 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 14,296
GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴 |
RB Fred Smith | 🏴 |
CB John Talbut | 🏴 |
LB Alex Elder | 🇬🇧 |
M Brian O’Neil | 🏴 |
M Brian Miller | 🏴 |
W John Connelly | 🏴 |
W Willie Morgan | 🏴 |
F Arthur Bellamy | 🏴 |
CF Willie Irvine | 🇬🇧 |
CF Andy Lochhead (ft) | 🏴 |
Harry Potts | 🏴 |

Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB John Talbut | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Fred Smith | 🏴 |
LB Alex Elder | 🇬🇧 |
Midfielders
M Brian O’Neil | 🏴 |
M Brian Miller | 🏴 |
Wingers
W John Connelly | 🏴 |
W Willie Morgan | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Arthur Bellamy | 🏴 |
CF Willie Irvine | 🇬🇧 |
CF Andy Lochhead (ft) | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded

Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Youthful Villa, with an average age of 22, beat Burnley to climb to 16th thanks to two typical Hateley headed goals.
Joe Mercer's Villa win for only the second time in thirteen to make it eleven wins, twelve draws and sixteen defeats in thirty nine League games under Mercer.
What they Said