Game #2672
Aston Villa
9-6-9, 24 PTS
Saturday, 13 January 1962


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

Sheffield United

Assist(s) | None
🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park


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
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 13 January 1962
The city of football thuggery descends on Villa Park and once again a Sheffield club, home or away, can be depended on to illustrate the darkest of dark arts on the football pitch. There is no game their roughhouse tactics cannot spoil and so it would be prudent to appoint officials able to tackle their worst excesses. Unfortunately they never do.
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

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Sheffield United


League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25
🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


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


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

Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 159 | 🟩 | 75 🟨 36 🟥 48 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴 | Lowestoft, 1958-1962
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Derek Dougan
CARDS

None
🆘 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.
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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 |
🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964

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 | 🏴 |

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) | 🏴 |
🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS

Sheffield United XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟨 13 Jan 1962, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

None
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


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


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

