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Game #2690

Aston Villa

18-7-14, 43 PTS

Monday, 23 April 1962

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Won

6th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Nottingham Forest

12-10-18, 34 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 25,000

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

Aston Villa

5-1

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Nottingham Forest

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🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 23 April 1962

⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows, Assist by Tommy Ewing
⚽ | 4' Goal, 2-0, Own Goal, Bob McKinlay
🥅 | 14' Goal, 2-1, (Nottingham Forest), Colin Addison
⚽ | 22' Goal, 3-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Alan Baker
⚽ | 36' Goal, 4-1, Harry Burrows, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Nottingham Forest
⚽ | Goal, 5-1, Tommy Ewing
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Nottingham Forest

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

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 23 April 1962
  • Villa hit another five goals to make it 21 in five games as they climb back to 6th in the table. A moot point but just where would Villa be in the table if those goals had been shared out throughout the season where they dominated play without troubling the scoreboard.

  • Joe Mercer’s Villa extend their League winning form to nine in the last thirteen as they follow up their humiliation of Leicester with another resounding Villa Park win as they put five past Forest to make it thirteen goals scored in two games. As a result, Villa make it eighteen wins, seven draws and fourteen defeats in thirty nine Division One games this season as they look to end their best season yet under Joe Mercer on a high.

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, 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

Nottingham Forest

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59

FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

League 🕒 53 | 🟩 28 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 14 | ⚽ 108 | 🥅 69 |
FA Cup 🕒 8 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 10 |
Home 🕒 30 | 🟩 21 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 74 | 🥅 27 |

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

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #180 |
Monday, 23 April 1962

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🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Fred Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1959-1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 177 | 🟩 | 86 🟨 37 🟥 54 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Fred Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1959-1962

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

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

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.70 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.73 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.85 |

Referee

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, 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

Andy Beattie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Peter Grummitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Joe Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Doug Baird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Cobb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jeff Whitefoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jim Iley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Addison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Dick Le Flem | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, 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

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

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

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

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, 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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🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 23 Apr 1962, Villa 5-1 Forest, Villa Park

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