Game #2723
Aston Villa
10-7-7, 27 PTS
Wednesday, 13 February 1963
Lost
6th (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Division One
Liverpool
12-4-8, 28 PTS
Anfield
Attendance: 46,374
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
Liverpool
4-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 13 February 1963
🥅 | 17' Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Roger Hunt
🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Ian St. John
🥅 | 29' Goal, 0-3, (Liverpool), Ian St. John
🕒 | HT Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-4, (Liverpool), Roger Hunt
🕒 | FT Liverpool 4-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 13 February 1963
Joe Mercer's Villa taste League action for only the second time in 1963 and for the first time in four weeks as their ten game unbeaten run comes to a crashing end at Anfield. As a result, Villa - who fail to score for the second successive game - make it ten wins, seven draws and seven defeats in twenty four division one games so far in 1962-63.
Villa lose for the first time in 11 games but the real shock is that, hot on the heels of having to play Sunderland, Bristol City and Blackpool on snow, they are required to play at a ground that had not hosted football since 22 December and which had been deemed still unplayable for a cup fixture just 48 hours before.
Unsurprisingly, this hastily arranged league fixture - the only one to go ahead - saw Villa struggle on an unprepared and unfamiliar surface. The damage was done in the first 30 minutes as Liverpool's familiarity paid dividends and Villa were unable to play their game. The fact that Liverpool leapfrogged Villa to take fifth place rubbed snow into the wounds.
Villa's recent fixture calendar looked thus:
22 Dec 1962, Villa v Manchester City, abandoned after 48 minutes due to fog
26 Dec 1962, Villa v Liverpool, Called off due to frozen pitch
29 Dec 1962, Liverpool v Villa, Called off due to frozen pitch
5 Jan 1963, Bristol City v Villa, Called off due to snow
12 Jan 1963, Blackpool v Villa, Called off due to snow
🟩 12 Jan 1963, Villa 3-1 Sunderland, Roker Park, played in snow
🟨 16 Jan 1963, Villa 1-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate, played in snow
🟨 19 Jan 1963, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Villa Park, played in snow
26 Jan 1963, Villa v Bristol City, Called off
2 Feb 1963, Sheffield United v Villa, Called off
4 Feb 1963, Villa v Sunderland, Called off
9 Feb 1963, Villa v Forest, Called off
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield, played on a pitch deemed unplayable 48 hours earlier
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Liverpool
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47
Aston Villa
Liverpool
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #213 |
Wednesday, 13 February 1963
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: L. J. Tirebuck | 🏴 | Halifax, -1962 🆘
HT Score: 🟥
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 210 | 🟩 | 101 🟨 46 🟥 63 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: L. J. Tirebuck | 🏴 | Halifax, -1962 🆘
🆘 Made a hugely questionable judgement that a ground that had not hosted football since 22nd December and had been deemed unfit to play two days before was suddenly of sufficient merit to host this hastily rearranged fixture with Villa. This was the only game to be played throughout English football.
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Derek Dougan replaces Alan Baker.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.18 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 33.92 |
Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 | 18.98 |
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
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
Bill Shankly | 🏴 |
Liverpool
GK Tommy Lawrence | 🏴 |
CB Ron Yeats | 🏴 |
LB Ronnie Moran | 🏴 |
LB Gerry Byrne | 🏴 |
M Ian Callaghan | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Melia | 🏴 |
M Gordon Milne | 🏴 |
M Willie Stevenson | 🏴 |
W Kevin Lewis | 🏴 |
CF Roger Hunt | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Ian St. John | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
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 | |
---|---|
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Liverpool XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 13 Feb 1963, Villa 0-4 Liverpool, Anfield
MATCH REPORTS
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