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Game #2726

Aston Villa

Monday, 11 March 1963

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Lost

5th Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

FA Cup

Manchester United

Old Trafford

Attendance: 52,265

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

Manchester United

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 11 March 1963

🥅 | 37' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Albert Quixall
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 11 March 1963

Joe Mercer's Villa, having played five games in three months play their third in just five days as they are knocked out of the FA Cup at Old Trafford and have now lost two of their last four and failed to score in three of their last five having lost just two in their previous nineteen.

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

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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

Manchester United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

Manchester United

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Manchester United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #216 |
Monday, 11 March 1963

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🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, -1965 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 213 | 🟩 | 103 🟨 46 🟥 64 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, 1957-1966 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Failed to act on a typically thuggish Denis Law tackle early in the game which set the tone for the some unruly play
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Bobby Thomson and Jimmy MacEwan replace Alan Baker and Tommy Ewing.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.92 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.99 |

Youngest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 20.87 |

Referee
Manager

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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 Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |
LB Shay Brennan | 🇮🇪 |
LB Noel Cantwell | 🇮🇪 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Giles | 🇮🇪 |
M Nobby Stiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Maurice Setters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert Quixall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF David Herd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Denis Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

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

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

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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

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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United XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
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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🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

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