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Game #2751

Aston Villa

2-1-2, 5 PTS

Saturday, 7 September 1963

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Won

8th (+8)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Blackpool

1-1-3, 3 PTS

Bloomfield Road

Attendance: 16,885

Blackpool

0-4

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Aston Villa

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MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ron Suart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

GK Tony Waiters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Barrie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Gratrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McPhee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Les Lea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Desmond Horne | 🇿🇦 |
CF Pat Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ray Charnley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 7 Sep 1963, Villa 4-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 September 1963

Joe Mercer's Villa win for the first time in four to make it two wins, a draw and two defeats in the first five League games of the season. Meanwhile, 16 year old right back Mick Wright made his Villa debut after joining from Mercer's old school in Ellesmere Port in July 1962.

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