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Game #2718

Aston Villa

10-5-6, 25 PTS

Saturday, 8 December 1962

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Drew

5th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Leicester City

10-7-4, 27 PTS

Filbert Street

Attendance: 36,773

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

Leicester City

3-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 19' | Jimmy MacEwan | 56' |

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 December 1962

⚽ | 1' Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Chalmers
🥅 | 7' Goal, 1-1, (Leicester City), Dave Gibson
⚽ | 19' Goal, 2-1, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | HT Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 56' Goal, 3-1, Harry Burrows, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🥅 | 77' Goal, 3-2, (Leicester City), Dave Gibson
🥅 | 83' Goal, 3-3, (Leicester City), Mike Stringfellow
🕒 | FT Leicester City 3-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 December 1962

Joe Mercer's Villa make it seven unbeaten and now have just two defeats in their last fifteen games but are held to a draw despite scoring three away at Filbert Street to make it ten wins, five draws and six defeats in twenty one division one games so far in 1962-63.

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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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

Leicester City

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

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #208 |
Saturday, 8 December 1962

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🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
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

🕒 205 | 🟩 | 100 🟨 43 🟥 62 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Phil Woosnam replaces Alan Baker.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.99 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.74 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.79 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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 Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MANAGER

Matt Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Gordon Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Len Chalmers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ian King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Richie Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Appleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Howard Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mike Stringfellow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IF Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Jimmy Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ken Keyworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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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 Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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

🟨 8 Dec 1962, Villa 3-3 Leicester, Filbert Street

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