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Game #2697

Aston Villa

3-0-1, 6 PTS

Wednesday, 29 August 1962

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Lost

3rd= (-2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

3-0-1, 6 PTS

White Hart Lane

Attendance: 55,650

🟥 29 Aug 1962, Villa 2-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane

Tottenham Hotspur

4-2

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Aston Villa

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🟥 29 Aug 1962, Villa 2-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 29 August 1962

🥅 | 22' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), John White
🥅 | 23' Goal, 0-2 (Tottenham Hotspur), Jimmy Greaves
🥅 | 34' Goal, 0-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Jimmy Greaves
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 61' Goal, 1-3, Derek Dougan
⚽ | 80' Goal, 2-3, Alan Deakin
🥅 | 88' Goal 2-4 (Tottenham Hotspur), Cliff Jones
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 29 Aug 1962, Villa 2-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 29 August 1962

Joe Mercer's Villa suffer their first reverse of the season to make it three wins and a defeat in four division one games in 1962-63.

🟥 29 Aug 1962, Villa 2-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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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

Tottenham Hotspur

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1961-62

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Tottenham Hotspur

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Tottenham Hotspur

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 29 Aug 1962, Villa 2-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #187 |
Wednesday, 29 August 1962

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🟥 29 Aug 1962, Villa 2-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
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

🕒 184 | 🟩 | 89 🟨 38 🟥 57 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.79 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.46 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.20 |

Referee
Manager

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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

Bill Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Bill Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Peter Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ron Henry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dave Mackay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
W Terry Medwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Les Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 29 Aug 1962, Villa 2-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 29 Aug 1962, Villa 2-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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

🟥 29 Aug 1962, Villa 2-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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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

Unused
Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 29 Aug 1962, Villa 2-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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

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