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Game #2675

Aston Villa

Saturday, 27 January 1962

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Won

4th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

FA Cup

Huddersfield Town

Villa Park

Attendance: 38,013

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Huddersfield Town

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Assist(s) | Jimmy McMorran | 16' | Derek Dougan | 87' |

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 27 January 1962

⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-0, Alfie Hale, Assist by Jimmy McMorran
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Huddersfield Town
🥅 | 69' Goal, 1-1, (Huddersfield Town), Kevin McHale
⚽ | 87' Goal, 2-1, Vic Crowe, Assist by Derek Dougan
🟨 | 88' Booking, Vic Crowe, Foul
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Huddersfield Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 27 January 1962

Joe Mercer’s Villa leave it late to beat second division Huddersfield in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, 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

Huddersfield Town

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26

Aston Villa

Huddersfield Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Huddersfield Town

Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #165 |
Saturday, 27 January 1962

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🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 162 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 36 🟥 50 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer hands Alfie Hale his first appearance of the season in place of Ron Wylie.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.13 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.87 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.93 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Alfie Hale | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Eddie Boot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Huddersfield Town

GK Ray Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dennis Atkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Pat Saward (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
CB John Coddington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ray Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Dinsdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Kevin McHale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Michael O'Grady | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jim Kerray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek Stokes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Les Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, 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

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

SQUAD STATS

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Huddersfield XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 27 Jan 1962, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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