Game #2685

Aston Villa

14-7-13, 35 PTS

Saturday, 24 March 1962

Lost

8th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Burnley

20-6-6, 46 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 36,772

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-2

Burnley

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 March 1962

🥅 | 8' Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), John Connelly
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Burnley
🥅 | 89' Goal, 0-2, (Burnley), Gordon Harris
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Burnley

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 March 1962

Joe Mercer’s Villa lose for the second time in eight League games to make it fourteen wins, seven draws and thirteen defeats in thirty four Division One games this season. Meanwhile, forward Jimmy McMorran made his final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving on to Third Lanark in February 1963. McMorran played for Villa in 1960-61 and 1961-62 making 14 appearances, scoring once.

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1961-62 | 🕒 14 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 2 | #483 |

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 17 Mar 1962, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 31 March 1962, Villa 5-4 Arsenal, Highbury.

Aston Villa

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

Burnley

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Burnley

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Burnley

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 4 Nov 1961, Villa 0-3 Burnley, Turf Moor

Burnley

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 17 Nov 1962, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #175 |
Saturday, 24 March 1962

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: H. Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Matches

Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 172 | 🟩 | 82 🟨 37 🟥 53 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: H. Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

H. Webb

CARDS

None

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Charlie Aitken, John Sleeuwenhoek, Jimmy McMorran and Gordon Lee replace John Neal, Jimmy Dugdale, Alan Baker and Wilson Briggs.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.17 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.64 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.08 |

Referee

Manager

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Harry Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Burnley

GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Angus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alex Elder | 🇬🇧 |
M Jimmy Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
W John Connelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Pointer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, 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

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

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

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

	Unused

Squad Bios

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 24 Mar 1962, Villa 0-2 Burnley, Villa Park

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