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Game #2752

Aston Villa

2-1-3, 5 PTS

Tuesday, 10 September 1963

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Lost

15th (-7)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

3-0-3, 6 PTS

Highbury

Attendance: 29,189

🟥 10 Sep 1963, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 10 September 1963

🥅 | 1' Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Joe Baker
🥅 | 26' Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Joe Baker
🕒 | HT Arsenal 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62' Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Joe Baker
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 10 September 1963

Joe Mercer's Villa follow their second win of the season with a heavy defeat at Highbury to make it two wins, a draw and three defeats in the first six League games of the season. Meanwhile, forward Bobby Thomson made his final appearance for Villa before moving on to Birmingham City later this month. Thomson played for Villa between 1959-60 and 1963-64 making 172 appearances and scoring 70 goals.

🟥 10 Sep 1963, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1959-63 | 🕒 172 | ⚽ 70 | 🔥 26 | #472 |

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952–53

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #242 |
Tuesday, 10 September 1963

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🟥 10 Sep 1963, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
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

🕒 239 | 🟩 | 109 🟨 50 🟥 80 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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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

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None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.77 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.11 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 16.97 |

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Billy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Ian McKechnie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Eddie Magill | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ure | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Billy McCullough | 🇬🇧 |
M Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Skirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Eastham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Strong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Vic Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Laurie Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

Player Positions:

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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

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Match Symbols:

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⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

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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

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SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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