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Game #2763

Aston Villa

5-1-9, 11 PTS

Saturday, 26 October 1963

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Lost

19th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

7-2-6, 16 PTS

Hillsborough

Attendance: 20,616

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Sheffield Wednesday

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 October 1963

🟢 | 1' Debut, Dave Pountney
🥅 | 39' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Mark Pearson
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa

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

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 October 1963
  • Villa lose once again and fall back to 19th place.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa fail to score for the fourth time in seven and lose for the sixth time over that period to make it five wins, a draw and nine defeats in fifteen League games. 

  • Meanwhile, midfielder Dave Pountney made his Villa debut after joining from Shrewsbury Town earlier this month.

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #502 | £20,000 signing from Shrewsbury

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

Sheffield Wednesday

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
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Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Sheffield Wednesday

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Sheffield Wednesday

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #253 |
Saturday, 26 October 1963

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🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1962-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 250 | 🟩 | 113 🟨 50 🟥 87 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1962-1965

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer hands Dave Pountney his debut in place of Mike Tindall.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.76 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 34.62 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.10 |

Referee

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Vic Buckingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Ron Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Don Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Swan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Gerry Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ton McAnearney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Alan Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Colin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Mark Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Keith Ellis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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

Squad Bios

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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

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

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

UNAVAILABLE
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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 26 Oct 1963, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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