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Game #2713

Aston Villa

Monday, 12 November 1962

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Won

4th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Preston North End

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,815

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

Aston Villa

6-2

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Preston North End

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🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 12 November 1962

⚽ | 14' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows, pen
⚽ | 23' Goal, 2-0, Alan Baker
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Preston North End
⚽ | 52' Goal, 3-0, Alan O'Neill
⚽ | 59' Goal, 4-0, Alan Baker
⚽ | Goal, 5-0, Harry Burrows
⚽ | 74' Goal, 6-0, Alan O'Neill
🥅 | Goal, 6-1, (Preston North End), Dawson
🥅 | Goal, 6-2, (Preston North End), Dawson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-2 Preston North End

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

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 12 November 1962

  • Villa recover from the Hillsborough thuggery to trounce Preston in the League Cup Fourth Round to reach the last 8.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa get back to winning ways for the first time in four as they beat second division Preston in the fourth round of the League Cup. 

  • Meanwhile, full back Cammie Fraser made his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from Dunfermline Athletic in October 1962.

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #495 | £24,500 signing from Dunfermline

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

Preston North End

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38

FIXTURE HISTORY

Preston North End

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Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

League 🕒 86 | 🟩 46 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 31 | ⚽ 162 | 🥅 128 |
FA Cup 🕒 7 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 10 |
League Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 12 | 🥅 6 |

For the 53rd time in 96 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 32 Preston 25. Both have done so on 4 occasions.

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

Preston North End

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Preston North End

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #20 |
Manager Game | #203 |
Monday, 12 November 1962

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🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 200 | 🟩 | 97 🟨 41 🟥 62 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

REFEREE PROFILE

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

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Cammie Fraser (debut), Kenny Fencott and Derek Dougan replace Gordon Lee, Jimmy MacEwan and Bobby Thomson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 22.53 |

Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.80 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.40 |

Referee

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
F Ken Fencott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Preston North End

GK Alan Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
RB John Donnelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB George Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John O'Neill | 🇮🇪 |
M Dave Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dave Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Spavin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alec Alston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alex Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, 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

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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Preston XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park

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