Game #2792
Aston Villa
11-12-19, 34 PTS
Saturday, 18 April 1964
Lost
19th (-2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 17,886
Leicester City
Villa Park
16-11-14, 34 PTS
Aston Villa
1-3
Leicester City
Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 75' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa end a difficult season in the doldrums with three consecutive defeats to finish 19th.
Joe Mercer however remained a popular figure, not least for the work done in the early years of his reign.
Sadly by May, Mercer would be ordered to take a months complete rest by his doctor.
By July Mercer would be relieved of his duties by Villa. Packaged up as 'mutual consent' it was anything but.
To make matters worse, Villa would make a highly questionable decision in handing Mercer's job to unknown managerial novice Dick Taylor.
KEY MAN
Alan Deakin, scored Villa's final goal in a poor campaign and the final goal of the Joe Mercer era, Saturday, 18 April 1964.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 April 1964
🥅 | 11' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Howard Riley
🥅 | 26' Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Tom Sweeney
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Leicester City
⚽ | 75' Goal, 1-2, Alan Deakin, Assist by Harry Burrows
🥅 | 77' Goal, 1-3, (Leicester City), Dave Gibson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Leicester City
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa end the season with three successive losses to make it eleven wins, twelve draws and nineteen defeats in forty two League games.
The season - comfortably the worst one under Joe Mercer - saw Villa finish 19th although they were six points clear of relegation by that time.
In truth, Mercer’s otherwise positive reign had been on the wane since a terrible run in 1962-63 saw no win in twelve and nine successive defeats. As a result that season finished 15th, a far cry from the 7th and 9th places of the previous two seasons and the inaugural League Cup win.
Mercer had also transformed the club off the field, slashing the age of the squad and introducing his much heralded ‘Mercer’s minors’ to the first team, who even in the difficult months of his final season were relied upon to turn Villa’s form around.
Mercer would be controversially relieved of his duties in the summer with 1963-64 not only proving to be his, but also a number of his protégés departing.
Midfielder Stan Horne made his sixth and final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving on to Manchester City in September 1965.
Forward George Graham made his final appearance for Villa, aged 19, before moving on to Chelsea in June 1964. George played for Villa in 1962-63 and 1963-64 making 10 appearances and scoring 2 goals.
Goalkeeper Bob Wilson made his ninth and final appearance for Villa aged 20 before moving on to Cardiff in August 1964.
Meanwhile, 17 year old midfielder Graham Parker made his Villa debut after joining from school football in July 1961.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Leicester City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
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FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #282 |
Saturday, 18 April 1964
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Seddon | 🏴 | Formby, -1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 279 | 🟩 | 119 🟨 62 🟥 98 | 1.5
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Seddon | 🏴 | Formby, -1966
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Leicester City
None
TEAM NEWS
Graham Parker, Alan Deakin and George Graham replace Dave Pountney, Tommy Ewing and Mike Tindall.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 22.60 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 35.10 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | 17.58 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Bob Wilson | 🏴 | 🔴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Graham Parker | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Stan Horne | 🏴 | 🔴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F George Graham | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Matt Gillies | 🏴 |
Leicester City
GK Gordon Banks | 🏴 |
RB Clive Walker | 🏴 |
D Max Dougan | 🏴 |
D John Sjoberg | 🏴 |
CB Graham Cross | 🏴 |
CB Ian King | 🏴 |
M Howard Riley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Tom Sweenie | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Mike Stringfellow | 🏴 |
W Billy Hodgson | 🏴 |
IF Dave Gibson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Leicester XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 |
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
🟢 M Graham Parker | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 GK Bob Wilson | 🏴 |
🔴 M Stan Horne | 🏴 |
🔴 F George Graham | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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