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ASTON VILLA 5 - 1 FOREST - Mon Apr 23, 1962 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 23, 1962 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Villa Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-5 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1961-62
Referee:: F Stringer
Attendance:: 24,147
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 7 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Apr 24, 1962

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2321 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 945 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2557 (of 5724)
Total:: 3746 (of 7505)
Played:: 61 years, 11 months, 27 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Andy Beattie
Prior form: WDDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Colin Addison

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Joe Mercer
Prior form: WLWWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Harry Burrows
Harry Burrows (Pen)
Tommy Ewing
Bobby Thomson
? (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Grummitt
2	D	24	Joseph Wilson
3	D	26	Doug Baird
4	M	28	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	29	Bob McKinlay
6	F	26	Jim Iley
7	M	21	Billy Cobb
8	F	20	Geoff Vowden
9	F	21	Colin Addison
10	F	26	Johnny Quigley
11	F	19	Flip Le Flem

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	19	Peter Grummitt	353		2	2
2	D	24	Joseph Wilson	91	1	2	2
3	D	26	Doug Baird	37		44	9
4	M	28	Jeff Whitefoot	285	7	93	16
5	D	29	Bob McKinlay	688	10	2	2
6	F	26	Jim Iley	106	5	2	2
7	M	21	Billy Cobb	36	7	72	13
8	F	20	Geoff Vowden	107	45	2	2
9	F	21	Colin Addison	174	69	16	4
10	F	26	Johnny Quigley	274	58	2	2
11	F	19	Flip Le Flem	146	20	2	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Nigel Sims
2	D	Charlie Aitken
3	D	John Sleeuwenhoek
4	D	Gordon Lee
5	D	Vic Crowe
6	M	Alan Deakin
7	M	Harry Burrows
8	M	Tommy Ewing
9	M	Derek Dougan
10	F	Alan Baker
11	F	Bobby Thomson

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Apr 23, 1962)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-3	Ipswich Town
Aston Villa	5-1	Nottingham Forest
Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Blackpool	1-1	Burnley
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Leicester City
Cardiff City	3-0	West Ham United
Fulham	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
Manchester United	0-1	Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	Chelsea

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Ipswich Town	40	22	8	10	88	67	16	2	2	56	28	6	6	8	32	39	1.31343	52	WWLWDD	Safe
2	Burnley	39	21	9	9	99	61	14	3	3	56	25	7	6	6	43	36	1.62295	51	DDLLWL	Safe
3	Everton	39	18	10	11	77	49	16	2	2	56	18	2	8	9	21	31	1.57143	46	DDDWWD	Safe
4	Tottenham Hotspur	39	18	10	11	81	65	14	4	3	59	34	4	6	8	22	31	1.24615	46	WWDDWL	Safe
5	Sheffield United	39	18	9	12	58	64	13	5	2	35	20	5	4	10	23	44	.90625	45	DWDDLW	Safe
6	West Ham United	39	16	10	13	72	76	10	6	4	45	35	6	4	9	27	41	.94737	42	LWDLWD	Safe
7	Aston Villa	38	17	7	14	58	49	12	4	3	38	17	5	3	11	20	32	1.18367	41	WLWWLW	Safe
8	Arsenal	39	15	11	13	67	66	8	6	4	35	25	7	5	9	32	41	1.01515	41	WLWWDD	Safe
9	Blackpool	40	15	10	15	68	67	10	3	7	40	29	5	7	8	28	38	1.01493	40	DLWLLW	Safe
10	Manchester City	40	16	7	17	75	79	10	3	7	43	37	6	4	10	32	42	.94937	39	DDLWWL	Safe
11	Blackburn Rovers	39	14	11	14	49	52	10	6	3	33	19	4	5	11	16	33	.94231	39	DWLWLL	Safe
12	Sheffield Wednesday	38	16	6	16	62	56	11	4	3	39	21	5	2	13	23	35	1.10714	38	DWLWLL	Safe
13	West Bromwich Albion	39	12	13	14	72	65	8	7	4	41	22	4	6	10	31	43	1.10769	37	DWLDWW	Safe
14	Leicester City	38	16	5	17	67	65	11	1	6	33	22	5	4	11	34	43	1.03077	37	DLWWWL	Safe
15	Manchester United	39	14	9	16	69	70	10	3	7	44	30	4	6	9	25	40	.98571	37	LWLWLD	Safe
16	Bolton Wanderers	39	14	9	16	59	65	9	7	3	33	22	5	2	13	26	43	.90769	37	WDLDWW	Safe
17	Birmingham City	40	14	9	17	63	78	9	5	5	35	32	5	4	12	28	46	.80769	37	WDWWLL	Safe
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	13	9	18	70	82	8	6	6	37	33	5	3	12	33	49	.85366	35	LLDLWL
19	Nottingham Forest	39	12	10	17	59	72	11	4	5	37	23	1	6	12	22	49	.81944	34	WDDLLW
20	Fulham	38	12	7	19	61	66	7	3	9	35	32	5	4	10	26	34	.92424	31	WLWWDW
21	Cardiff City	39	8	13	18	42	71	5	9	6	27	33	3	4	12	15	38	.59155	29	LLLLLW
22	Chelsea	40	9	8	23	61	92	7	7	7	34	29	2	1	16	27	63	.66304	26	LDLLLD	Relegated

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Ipswich Town	41	23	8	10	91	67	16	2	2	56	28	7	6	8	35	39	1.35821	54	WLWDDW	Safe	3-0
	2	Burnley	40	21	10	9	100	62	14	3	3	56	25	7	7	6	44	37	1.61290	52	DLLWLD	Safe	1-1
1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	40	19	10	11	82	65	14	4	3	59	34	5	6	8	23	31	1.26154	48	WDDWLW	Safe	1-0
1	4	Sheffield United	40	19	9	12	59	64	13	5	2	35	20	6	4	10	24	44	.92188	47	WDDLWW	Safe	1-0
2	5	Everton	39	18	10	11	77	49	16	2	2	56	18	2	8	9	21	31	1.57143	46	DDDWWD	Safe
1	6	Aston Villa	39	18	7	14	63	50	13	4	3	43	18	5	3	11	20	32	1.26000	43	LWWLWW	Safe	5-1
1	7	West Ham United	40	16	10	14	72	79	10	6	4	45	35	6	4	10	27	44	.91139	42	WDLWDL	Safe	0-3
1	8	Blackpool	41	15	11	15	69	68	10	4	7	41	30	5	7	8	28	38	1.01471	41	LWLLWD	Safe	1-1
1	9	Arsenal	40	15	11	14	67	69	8	6	5	35	28	7	5	9	32	41	.97101	41	LWWDDL	Safe	0-3
2	10	Sheffield Wednesday	39	17	6	16	63	56	12	4	3	40	21	5	2	13	23	35	1.12500	40	WLWLLW	Safe	1-0
2	11	West Bromwich Albion	40	13	13	14	74	66	8	7	4	41	22	5	6	10	33	44	1.12121	39	WLDWWW	Safe	2-1
2	12	Manchester City	41	16	7	18	75	80	10	3	7	43	37	6	4	11	32	43	.93750	39	DLWWLL	Safe	0-1
2	13	Blackburn Rovers	40	14	11	15	49	53	10	6	4	33	20	4	5	11	16	33	.92453	39	WLWLLL	Safe	0-1
2	14	Bolton Wanderers	40	15	9	16	60	65	10	7	3	34	22	5	2	13	26	43	.92308	39	DLDWWW	Safe	1-0
1	15	Leicester City	39	16	5	18	67	66	11	1	6	33	22	5	4	12	34	44	1.01515	37	LWWWLL	Safe	0-1
1	16	Manchester United	40	14	9	17	69	71	10	3	8	44	31	4	6	9	25	40	.97183	37	WLWLDL	Safe	0-1
	17	Birmingham City	40	14	9	17	63	78	9	5	5	35	32	5	4	12	28	46	.80769	37	WDWWLL	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	13	10	18	71	83	8	7	6	38	34	5	3	12	33	49	.85542	36	LDLWLD	Safe	1-1
	19	Nottingham Forest	40	12	10	18	60	77	11	4	5	37	23	1	6	13	23	54	.77922	34	DDLLWL		1-5
	20	Fulham	39	12	7	20	62	68	7	3	10	36	34	5	4	10	26	34	.91176	31	LWWDWL		1-2
	21	Cardiff City	40	9	13	18	45	71	6	9	6	30	33	3	4	12	15	38	.63380	31	LLLLWW		3-0
	22	Chelsea	41	9	9	23	62	93	7	7	7	34	29	2	2	16	28	64	.66667	27	DLLLDD	Relegated	1-1