Game #2752

Aston Villa

2-1-3, 5 PTS

Tuesday, 10 September 1963

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

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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

MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 10 September 1963

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 7 Sep 1963, Villa 4-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 14 Sep 1963, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Arsenal

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Arsenal

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 10 Sep 1962, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

Arsenal

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 19 Oct 1963, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 239 | 🟩 | 109 🟨 50 🟥 80 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Unknown

CARDS

None

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

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

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

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

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

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

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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 \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

	Unused

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

None

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

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

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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