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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

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 March 1964

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Sheffield Wednesday

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

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
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 271 | 🟩 | 118 🟨 59 🟥 94 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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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
Manager

🟨 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

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Bob Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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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

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