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Game #2689

Aston Villa

17-7-14, 41 PTS

Saturday, 21 April 1962

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Won

7th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Leicester City

16-5-17, 37 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,184

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

Aston Villa

8-3

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Leicester City

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🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 April 1962

⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 14' Goal, 1-1, (Leicester City), Jimmy Walsh
⚽ | 18' Goal, 2-1, Derek Dougan, Assist by Harry Burrows
⚽ | 20' Goal, 3-1, Own Goal, Len Chalmers
🥅 | 27' Goal, 3-2, (Leicester City, pen), Howard Riley
⚽ | 30' Goal, 4-2, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Derek Dougan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-2 Leicester City
⚽ | 56' Goal, 5-2, Derek Dougan, Assist by Tommy Ewing
⚽ | 60' Goal, 6-2, Alan Baker, Assist by Tommy Ewing
⚽ | 61' Goal, 7-2, Harry Burrows
🥅 | 72' Goal, 7-3, (Leicester City), Jimmy Walsh
⚽ | 89' Goal, 8-3, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Tommy Ewing
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 8-3 Leicester City

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

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 21 April 1962
  • Villa destroy Leicester at Villa Park for their biggest win since 1959 as Tommy Ewing impresses again but it's the third game in succession where the referee raises questions about their competence.

  • Joe Mercer’s Villa extend their League winning form to eight in the last twelve as they humiliate Leicester at Villa Park with an eight goal hammering - matching their result against the Filbert Street side in January 1932. As a result, Villa make it seventeen wins, seven draws and fourteen defeats in thirty eight Division One games this season.

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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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

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #179 |
Saturday, 21 April 1962

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🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Tuck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chesterfield, 1958-1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 8-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 176 | 🟩 | 85 🟨 37 🟥 54 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Tuck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chesterfield, 1958-1962

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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None

🆘 Made a bizarre penalty award for 'hands' with the ball having gone out of play and Charlie Aitken picking it up for the restart.

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names the same line up for a third consecutive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.69 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.72 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.84 |

Referee

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, 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

Matt Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Gordon Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Len Chalmers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ian King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Richie Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Appleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Howard Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Gordon Wills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Keyworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert Cheesebrough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jimmy Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, 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

Squad Bios

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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

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

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, 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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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 21 Apr 1962, Villa 8-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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