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Game #2672

Aston Villa

9-6-9, 24 PTS

Saturday, 13 January 1962

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Drew

10th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division One

Sheffield United

11-4-9, 26 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,000

🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-0

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Sheffield United

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Assist(s) | None

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 13 January 1962

🟨 | 31' Booking, Derek Dougan, Foul on goalkeeper
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 13 January 1962

Joe Mercer’s Villa make it three League games without scoring to record nine wins, six draws and nine defeats in twenty four Division One games this season.

🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Sheffield United

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25

Aston Villa

Sheffield United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #162 |
Saturday, 13 January 1962

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🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lowestoft, -1962 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 159 | 🟩 | 75 🟨 36 🟥 48 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lowestoft, -1962 🆘
🆘 Booked Dougan for his second challenge on the opposition 'keeper whilst totally failed to censure the predictable thuggery that comes with a game against a Sheffield club.
Previous 5:
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Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Despite poor recent form, Joe Mercer names the same line up for a third consecutive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.69 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.45 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.89 |

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

MANAGER

John Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

GK Alan Hodgkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Cliff Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Cec Coldwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Len Allchurch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gerry Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ron Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Kettleborough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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Sheffield United XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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