Game #2727
Aston Villa
12-7-7, 31 PTS
Saturday, 16 March 1963


Won
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Birmingham City
6-8-12, 20 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 46,680
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0

Birmingham City

Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 23' | Phil Woosnam | 27' | Tommy Ewing | 31' |
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 March 1963
⚽ | 23' Goal, 1-0, Phil Woosnam, Assist by Harry Burrows
⚽ | 27' Goal, 2-0, Alan Deakin, Assist by Phil Woosnam
⚽ | 31' Goal, 3-0, Alan Baker, Assist by Tommy Ewing
💥 | 33' Missed penalty, (Birmingham City), Stan Lynn
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Birmingham City
⚽ | 51' Goal, 4-0, Harry Burrows, pen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Birmingham City
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
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 March 1963
A rested Villa play on a footballing surface for the first time in half a dozen games and hammer Birmingham with ease to push their neighbours nearer to relegation. Villa have the luxury of a full seven days before their next fixture but questions are asked as two matches in thirteen days does not seem like optimising a fixture list within which Villa still have at least 18 games to play before the traditional end of the season in April - just 6 weeks away. Villa then are likely to need to play at least three games per week until the end of the season, why not fit some of those in now to reduce the burden on Joe Mercer's men?
Joe Mercer's Villa, having played five games in three months play their fourth in ten days as they hammer neighbours Birmingham to make it two defeats in sixteen and twelve wins, seven draws and seven defeats in twenty six division one games so far in 1962-63.
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
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
Birmingham City


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #217 |
Saturday, 16 March 1963
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🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Vince James | 🏴 | York, 1961-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 214 | 🟩 | 104 🟨 46 🟥 64 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Vince James | 🏴 | York, 1961-1974
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
John Sleeuwenhoek, Alan Baker and Tommy Ewing replace Ron Wylie, Mike Tindall and Jimmy MacEwan.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.94 |
Oldest Player |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 31.14 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 18.74 |
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
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 Tommy Ewing | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Gil Merrick | 🏴 |

Birmingham City
GK Jimmy Schofield | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴 |
D Terry Hennessey | 🏴 |
FB Colin Green | 🏴 |
LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴 |
M Bertie Auld | 🏴 |
W Mike Hellawell | 🏴 |
F Ken Leek | 🏴 |
CF Robin Stubbs | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Harris | 🏴 |
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
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
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS

Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 16 Mar 1963, Villa 4-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

