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Game #2784

Aston Villa

10-9-15, 29 PTS

Saturday, 7 March 1964

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Drew

17th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

16-8-10, 40 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 13,922

🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Sheffield Wednesday

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🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 March 1964

🟢 | 1' Debut, Bob Wilson
🥅 | 6' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), David Layne
⚽ | 19' Goal, 1-1, Tony Hateley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
🥅 | 77' Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield Wednesday, pen), David Layne
⚽ | 83' Goal, 2-2, Charlie Aitken
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday

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

🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 March 1964

  • Villa draw in a far calmer game than the Goodison Park fixture last time out but fall to 17th in the table.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa draw for the fourth time in six to make it ten wins, nine draws and fifteen defeats in thirty four League games under Mercer. 

  • Meanwhile, goalkeeper Bob Wilson made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from St Andrews Boys club in 1959.

🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK Bob Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #504 | Youth team promotion

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

🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #274 |
Saturday, 7 March 1964

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🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 271 | 🟩 | 118 🟨 59 🟥 94 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

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

🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Bob Wilson (debut) and Tony Hateley replace Geoff Sidebottom and George Graham.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.47 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 34.98 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.04 |

Referee

🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Bob Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Vic Buckingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Roy MacLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Don Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Swan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Gerry Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robin Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Edwin Holliday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alan Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Colin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Mark Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Hickton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Layne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

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

🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 7 Mar 1964, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

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