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Game #2696

Aston Villa

3-0-0, 6 PTS

Saturday, 25 August 1962

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Won

1st= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Manchester City

0-1-2, 1 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 29,524

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

Manchester City

0-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 63' | Jimmy MacEwan | 70' |

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 August 1962

🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 63' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Harry Burrows
⚽ | 70' Goal, 2-0, Harry Burrows, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Manchester City 0-2 Aston Villa

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

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 August 1962
  • Villa's third successive win at the start of the 1962-63 may not be the most convincing but sent Villa top of the table.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa make it three successive wins at the start of the campaign with a third top 10 finish already looking promising.

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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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

Manchester City

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1955-56

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

League 🕒 85 | 🟩 36 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 30 | ⚽ 149 | 🥅 133 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |
Away 🕒 45 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 25 | ⚽ 60 | 🥅 90 |

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

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #186 |
Saturday, 25 August 1962

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🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Roy Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1962-1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 183 | 🟩 | 89 🟨 38 🟥 56 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roy Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1962-1966

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

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

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names the same line up for the third successive game at the start of the campaign.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.78 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.45 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.19 |

Referee

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Les McDowall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Bert Trautmann | 🇩🇪 |
RB John Benson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Barrie Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jackie Plenderleith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bobby Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Shawcross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Wagstaffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Dobing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Neil Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alex Harley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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

SQUAD STATS
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Manchester City XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 25 Aug 1962, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH VIDEO
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