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Game #2710

Aston Villa

8-2-5 18 PTS

Saturday, 27 October 1962

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Lost

6th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Birmingham City

4-4-7, 12 PTS

St Andrew's

Attendance: 42,207

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

Birmingham City

3-2

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Aston Villa

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🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 27 October 1962

🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55' Goal, 1-0, Alan O'Neill, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 59' Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City, pen), Stan Lynn
⚽ | 60' Goal, 2-1, Harry Burrows, pen
🥅 | 61' Goal, 2-2, (Birmingham City), Leek
💥 | 61' Player injured on field of play, Geoff Sidebottom, concussion
💥 | 61' Play stopped for 4 minutes
💥 | 65' Play restarts with Villa goalkeeper Geoff Sidebottom continuing
🥅 | 73' Goal, 2-3, (Birmingham City), Leek
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 3-2 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

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 27 October 1962

  • Villa suffer a surprise defeat at St Andrews' despite taking the lead twice but Birmingham score the final goal after Villa goalkeeper remains on the field concussed following the home side's second equaliser. 

  • Joe Mercer marks his 200th game in charge of Villa with a first defeat in seven as they lose to neighbours Birmingham to make it eight wins, two draws and five defeats in fifteen division one games so far in 1962-63.

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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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

Birmingham City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Birmingham City

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Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

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

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #200 |
Saturday, 27 October 1962

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🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Les Tirebuck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Halifax
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 197 | 🟩 | 96 🟨 40 🟥 61 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Les Tirebuck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Halifax

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Geoff Sidebottom, Vic Crowe and Alan Deakin replace Nigel Sims, John Neal and Mike Tindall.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.73 |

Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.76 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.68 |

Referee

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Gil Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
D Terry Hennessey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Graham Sissons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bertie Auld | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Mike Hellawell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Leek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Robin Stubbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |

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

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 27 Oct 1962, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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