Game #2771
Aston Villa
8-3-12, 19 PTS
Saturday, 21 December 1963


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

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood


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

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

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


League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood
FIXTURE DETAILS


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


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: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 258 | 🟩 | 116 🟨 52 🟥 90 | 1.55
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
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
🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood

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 |
🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood
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
Jack Marshall | 🏴 |

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 | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood
SQUAD STATS

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

Blackburn XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬 🇧 : 10/11
🟥 21 Dec 1963, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

None
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


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


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

