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Game #2694

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 18 August 1962

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Won

3rd=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

West Ham United

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 37,000

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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West Ham United

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Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 1' | Alan Baker | 2' | Derek Dougan | 46' |

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 18 August 1962

⚽ | 1' Goal, 1-0, Derek Dougan, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 2' Goal, 2-0, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Alan Baker
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 West Ham United
⚽ | 46' Goal, 3-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Derek Dougan
🥅 | 79' Goal, 3-1, (West Ham United), Johnny Byrne
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 West Ham United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 18 August 1962

Joe Mercer's Villa open the season with a convincing home victory over West Ham

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, 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

West Ham United

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

Aston Villa

West Ham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #184 |
Saturday, 18 August 1962

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🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Reg Windle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chesterfield, -1967
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
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

🕒 181 | 🟩 | 87 🟨 38 🟥 56 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Reg Windle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chesterfield, -1967
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.76 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.43 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.17 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Ron Greenwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Lawrie Leslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Joe Kirkup | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bobby Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ron Boyce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Lansdowne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ian Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Malcolm Musgrove | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Dick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Johnny Byrne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Geoff Hurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, 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

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, 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

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, 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

🟩 18 Aug 1962, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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