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Game #2791

Aston Villa

11-12-18, 34 PTS

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Saturday, 11 April 1964

17th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

GK Bob Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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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

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Mick Wright, Jimmy MacEwan and Tommy Ewing replace Cammie Fraser, Lew Chatterley and Alan Baker.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.93 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 35.08 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.56 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1962-64 🕒 45 | ✅ 45 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 6 | 🔥 13 | 🇺 - | #493 |

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Lost

3-4

🟥 11 Apr 1964, Villa 3-4 Ipswich, Portman Road
Scorer(s) | Dave Pountney | 32' | 82' | Ron Wylie | 61' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 21' Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Joe Broadfoot
⚽ | 32' Goal, 1-1, Dave Pountney
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 61' Goal, 2-1, Ron Wylie
🥅 | 69' Goal, 2-2, (Ipswich Town), Gerry Baker
🥅 | 76' Goal, 2-3, (Ipswich Town), Joe Broadfoot
⚽ | 82' Goal, 3-3, Dave Pountney
🥅 | 89' Goal, 3-4, (Ipswich Town), Billy Baxter
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 4-3 Aston Villa

Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #281 |
Saturday, 11 April 1964

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Roy Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1962-1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 3-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Roy Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1962-1966

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 11 | 🟩 W4 (36% ) | 🟨 D3 | 🇺(64% ) | 🟥 L4 (36% ) | ⚽ 20 | 🥅 17 | GD 3

Match Stats

Not recorded

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 278 | 🟩 | 119 🟨 62 🟥 97 | 1.51

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Division One

Ipswich Town

7-7-26, 21 PTS

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Portman Road

Attendance: 11,660

GK Jim Thorburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Joe Davin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB George Dougan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jack Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D John Compton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Joe Broadfoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Jimmy Leadbetter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Roy Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Doug Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Gerry Baker | 🇺🇸 | ⚽ |

Jackie Milburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1961-62

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Bob Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

8

8

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

4

🟥

3

1

🥅

16

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

132

132

🔥

1

4

🟩

49

🟨

30

🟥

53

CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

129

129

🔥

0

1

🟩

49

🟨

29

🟥

51

RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

34

34

🔥

0

1

🟩

10

🟨

9

🟥

15

M Stan Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

3

M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

54

54

🔥

4

2

🟩

16

🟨

15

🟥

23

M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

19

19

🔥

3

0

🟩

5

🟨

6

🟥

8

W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

45

45

🔥

6

13

🟩

17

🟨

10

🟥

18

W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
🕒

168

168

🔥

31

46

🟩

77

🟨

44

🟥

47

W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

151

151

🔥

64

37

🟩

64

🟨

30

🟥

57

CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

194

194

🔥

24

31

🟩

83

🟨

43

🟥

68

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa contrive to lose to shortly to be relegate Ipswich, a side who had conceded 115 goals. Villa's season was petering out.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa score three away from home and fail to win for the second time in three as they lose a second successive game to make it eleven wins, twelve draws and eighteen defeats in forty one League games under Mercer. 

  • Meanwhile, winger Tommy Ewing made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Patrick Thistle in July 1964. Ewing played for Villa between 1961-62 and 1963-64 making 45 appearances and scoring 6 goals.

What they Said

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