Game #2770
Aston Villa
8-3-11, 19 PTS
Saturday, 14 December 1963


Won
17th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Division One
Nottingham Forest
8-6-8, 22 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 14,182
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0

Nottingham Forest

Assist(s) | Tony Hateley | 24' | Alan Deakin | 25' |
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 December 1963
⚽ | 24' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows, Assist by Tony Hateley
⚽ | 25' Goal, 2-0, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Alan Deakin
⚽ | 36' Goal, 3-0, Own Goal, Jeff Whitefoot
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Nottingham Forest
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 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
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 14 December 1963
Villa score and win for the first time since beating Manchester United 4-0 on 16th October and climb to 17th place in the table.
Joe Mercer's Villa win and score for the first time in four to make it eight wins, three draws and eleven defeats in twenty two League games.
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
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
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #260 |
Saturday, 14 December 1963
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🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 257 | 🟩 | 116 🟨 52 🟥 89 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
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
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.38 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 34.75 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | 17.23 |
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Stan Horne | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Johnny Carey | 🇮🇪 |

Nottingham Forest
GK Peter Grummitt | 🏴 |
RB Joe Wilson | 🏴 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴 |
LB Dennis Mochan | 🏴 |
M John Quigley | 🏴 |
M Jeff Whitefoot | 🏴 |
M Henry Newton | 🏴 |
W David Pleat | 🏴 |
W Dick Le Flem | 🏴 |
CF Len Julians | 🏴 |
CF Frank Wignall | 🏴 |
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period

🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 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
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 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 🇺
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

Forest XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬 🇧 : 11/11
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

None
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 14 Dec 1963, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

