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Game #2725

Aston Villa

11-7-7, 29 PTS

Saturday, 9 March 1963

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Won

7th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Leyton Orient

4-7-17, 15 PTS

Brisbane Road

Attendance: 11,509

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

Leyton Orient

0-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tommy Ewing | 7' | Phil Woosnam | 37' |

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 9 March 1963

⚽ | 7' Goal, 1-0, Phil Woosnam, Assist by Tommy Ewing
⚽ | 37' Goal, 2-0, Ron Wylie, Assist by Phil Woosnam
🕒 | HT Leyton Orient 0-2 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Leyton Orient 0-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 9 March 1963

Joe Mercer's Villa, having played five games in three months play their second in just three days but they beat Orient to make it one defeat in fourteen and eleven wins, seven draws and seven defeats in twenty five division one games so far in 1962-63.

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

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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

Leyton Orient

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

Aston Villa

Leyton Orient

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leyton Orient

Previous 5 vs. Orient: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #215 |
Saturday, 9 March 1963

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🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Geoff Hartley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southport, 1960-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 212 | 🟩 | 103 🟨 46 🟥 63 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Geoff Hartley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southport, 1960-1965
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 Mar 1962, Villa 0-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mike Tindall, Ron Wylie, Tommy Ewing and Cammie Fraser replace John Sleeuwenhoek, Bobby Thomson, Jimmy MacEwan and Gordon Lee.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.51 |

Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 31.12 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.72 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Johnny Carey | 🇮🇪 |

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Leyton Orient

GK Bill Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Eddie Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Sid Bishop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Cyril Lea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Mal Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Malcolm Musgrove | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Deeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gordon Bolland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dave Dunmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

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

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

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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

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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🟩 9 Mar 1963, Villa 2-0 Orient, Brisbane Road

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