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Game #2749

Aston Villa

1-0-2, 2 PTS

Saturday, 31 August 1963

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Lost

17th (-3)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

2-0-1 4 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 21,522

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Blackburn Rovers

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🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 31 August 1963

🥅 | 37' Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Andy McEvoy
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Blackburn Rovers
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Mike Ferguson
⚽ | 74' Goal, 1-2, Own Goal, Mike England
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Blackburn Rovers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 31 August 1963

Joe Mercer's Villa make it one win and two defeats in the first three League games of the season as Villa are beaten for the second successive home match.

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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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

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #239 |
Saturday, 31 August 1963

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🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 236 | 🟩 | 108 🟨 49 🟥 79 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe and Ron Wylie replace Charlie Aitken and Bobby Thomson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.56 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.08 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.20 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jack Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Fred Else | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Mike England | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB John Bray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ronnie Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mike Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy McEvoy | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
W Bryan Douglas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Fred Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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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 Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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Blackburn XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 31 Aug 1963, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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