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Game #2788

Aston Villa

10-12-16, 32 PTS

Tuesday, 31 March 1964

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Drew

17th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

Division One

Birmingham City

9-7-21, 25 PTS

St Andrew's

Attendance: 28,048

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

Birmingham City

3-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Alan Baker | 13' | Tommy Ewing | 30' |

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 31 March 1964

⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Lew Chatterley
⚽ | 13' Goal, 2-0, Mike Tindall, Assist by Alan Baker
🥅 | 16' Goal, 2-1, (Birmingham City, pen), Stan Lynn
🥅 | 22' Goal, 2-2, (Birmingham City), Ken Leek
⚽ | 30' Goal, 3-2, Lew Chatterley, Assist by Tommy Ewing
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 2-3 Aston Villa
🥅 | 90' Goal, 3-3, (Birmingham City), Jimmy Bloomfield
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 3-3 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

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 31 March 1964
  • Villa play Birmingham again and another injustice occurs as Villa's neighbours are awarded a last minute equaliser despite THREE players being offside. Referee Roper refused to hear the protests as all sides of the ground looked on in shock.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa score three away from home but can only draw for the seventh time in ten to make it ten wins, twelve draws and sixteen defeats in thirty eight League games under Mercer.

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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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

Birmingham City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
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Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

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

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1963-64 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #278 |
Tuesday, 31 March 1964

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🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Geoffrey Roper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stowmarket, 1964-1968
HT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

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

🕒 275 | 🟩 | 118 🟨 62 🟥 95 | 1.51

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Geoffrey Roper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stowmarket, 1964-1968

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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🆘 Awarded a last minute equaliser to Birmingham despite not one, not two, but three players clearly in offside positions.

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Lew Chatterley and Dave Pountney replace John Sleeuwenhoek and Ron Wylie.

Starting XI Average Age
| 22.48 |

Oldest Player |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 26.93 |

Youngest Player |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.13 |

Referee

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Bob Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gil Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
D Terry Hennessey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Winston Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Colin Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Bloomfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Bertie Auld | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Mike Hellawell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Leek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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

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

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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Injury | 3 |
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

International Duty | 1 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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