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Game #2676

Aston Villa

10-6-11, 26 PTS

Saturday, 3 February 1962

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Won

10th (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

9-7-9, 25 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 25,740

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Blackburn Rovers

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Assist(s) | Jimmy McMorran | 26' |

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 February 1962

🟢 | 1' Debut, Tommy Ewing
⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Derek Dougan, Assist by Jimmy McMorran
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 February 1962

  • A single goal is enough to see off Blackburn and earn Villa a long awaited League win.

  • Joe Mercer’s Villa score a League goal and win for the first time in six to make it ten wins, six draws and eleven defeats in twenty seven Division One games this season. 

  • Meanwhile, Tommy Ewing made his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Patrick Thistle earlier this month.

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #166 |
Saturday, 3 February 1962

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🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 163 | 🟩 | 77 🟨 36 🟥 50 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, 1957-1966
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 17 Dec 1960, Villa 4-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer hands Tommy Ewing his debut in place of Alfie Hale.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.36 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.89 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.95 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, 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 Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Jack Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Fred Else | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Matt Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ken Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Barrie Ratcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bryan Douglas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Byrom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Lawther | 🇬🇧 |
CF Fred Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, 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

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, 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

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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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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Reports

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

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