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Game #2771

Aston Villa

8-3-12, 19 PTS

Saturday, 21 December 1963

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Lost

17th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

13-6-5, 32 PTS

Ewood Park

Attendance: 17,095

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

Blackburn Rovers

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 December 1963

🥅 | 22' Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Fred Pickering
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 46' Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Fred Pickering
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 2-0 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

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 21 December 1963
  • Villa's topsy turvy season continues to confound as they follow up a decent win with a poor performance and defeat at top of the table Blackburn.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa follow up their first win in four with defeat and fail to score for the ninth time in fifteen matches to make it eight wins, three draws and twelve defeats in twenty three League games.

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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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

Blackburn Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

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

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #261 |
Saturday, 21 December 1963

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🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 258 | 🟩 | 116 🟨 52 🟥 90 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

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

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names the same line up for a third successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 34.77 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.25 |

Referee

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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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

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

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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

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

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

UNAVAILABLE
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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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