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Game #2709

Aston Villa

8-2-4 18 PTS

Saturday, 20 October 1962

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Won

6th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Leyton Orient

4-1-9, 9 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 25,208

Aston Villa

1-0

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Leyton Orient

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MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Johnny Carey | 🇮🇪 |

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Leyton Orient

GK Bill Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Sid Bishop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Cyril Lea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Billy Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W George Waites | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Deeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gordon Bolland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Malcolm Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Derek Gibbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dave Dunmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 20 Oct 1962, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 20 October 1962

Joe Mercer's Villa go six unbeaten winning five to make it eight wins, two draws and four defeats in fourteen division one games so far in 1962-63. Meanwhile, full back John Neal made his final appearance for Villa aged 30 before moving on to Southend United in November 1962. Neal played for Villa between 1959-60 and 1962-63 making 114 appearances.

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