Game #2739
Aston Villa
12-7-18, 31 PTS
Saturday, 4 May 1963


Lost
17th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
Division One
Nottingham Forest
15-8-15, 38 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,927
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-2

Nottingham Forest

Assist(s) | None
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 May 1963
🟢 | 1' Debut, Lew Chatterley
🥅 | 22' Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Len Julians
🥅 | 41' Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest, pen), Colin Addison
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Nottingham Forest
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Nottingham Forest
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
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 May 1963
Villa collapse to 17th in the table as they are defeated for the eleventh consecutive League match. The game itself follows the usual pattern... Villa create chances, take none of them, the opposition do and the game is contained with ease to send Joe Mercer's men to defeat. With their next game in just 3 days coming against second from bottom Manchester City a win to stop the rot couldn't come at a more important time.
Joe Mercer's Villa lose eleven successive League games for the first time in the club’s history. Villa’s latest fixture is their eleventh in thirty seven days after their wildly interrupted season delivered the inevitable fixture list congestion in the final two months of the season. As a result, Villa make it twelve wins, seven draws and eighteen defeats in thirty seven division one games so far this season as a campaign of such promise before the fixture interruption comes completely off the rails and sets a record for failure that no-one could or would have predicted. Meanwhile, midfielder Lew Chatterley made his Villa debut after joining from school football in July 1961.
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 | #498 | Youth team promotion
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
Nottingham Forest


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1962-63 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #229 |
Saturday, 4 May 1963
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🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Les Tirebuck | 🏴 | Halifax, 1956-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 226 | 🟩 | 104 🟨 47 🟥 75 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Les Tirebuck | 🏴 | Halifax, 1956-1963
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
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Derek Dougan and Lew Chatterley (debut) replace John Sleeuwenhoek and Alan Baker as Joe Mercer attempts to end a record setting run of ten consecutive League defeats.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.14 |
Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 | 31.28 |
Youngest Player |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 | 18.22 |
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Andy Beattie | 🏴 |

Nottingham Forest
GK Peter Grummitt | 🏴 |
LB Dennis Mochan | 🏴 |
D Doug Baird | 🏴 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴 |
LB John Winfield | 🏴 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴 |
M Billy Cobb | 🏴 |
M John Quigley | 🏴 |
M Colin Addison | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Dick Le Flem | 🏴 |
CF Len Julians | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period

🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, 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
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, 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 🇺
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

Forest XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injured | 2 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 4 May 1963, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park

