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Game #2687

Aston Villa

16-7-13, 39 PTS

Saturday, 7 April 1962

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Won

6th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Bolton Wanderers

12-8-16, 32 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,690

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

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Bolton Wanderers

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Assist(s) | Derek Dougan | 2' | Tommy Ewing | 56' | 76' |

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 April 1962

⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Ewing, Assist by Derek Dougan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
⚽ | 56' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Tommy Ewing
🟨 | 65' Booking, Harry Burrows for a shoulder barge on the 'keeper
🟨 | 65' Booking, Derek Dougan for retaliation to the 'keeper's retaliation
⚽ | 76' Goal, 3-0, Derek Dougan, Assist by Tommy Ewing
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Bolton Wanderers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 April 1962

Joe Mercer’s Villa extend their League winning form to seven in the last ten as they make it successive wins, scoring eight goals, to record sixteen wins, seven draws and thirteen defeats in thirty six Division One games this season.

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, 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

Bolton Wanderers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58

Aston Villa

Bolton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Bolton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Bolton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Bolton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #177 |
Saturday, 7 April 1962

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🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1955-1963 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
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

🕒 174 | 🟩 | 84 🟨 37 🟥 53 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1955-1963 🆘
🆘 Seemed to over-react to a non-contact shoulder 'barge' that ended with three players booked
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

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🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Charlie Aitken replaces John Neal.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.65 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.68 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.80 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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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 Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bill Ridding | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bolton Wanderers

GK Eddie Hopkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Jack Threlfall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Roy Hartle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Warwick Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Syd Farrimond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Pilkington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bryan Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Fred Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Wyn Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Ron McGarry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, 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

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, 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

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Squad Bios

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 7 Apr 1962, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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