1963–64 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

Aston Villa played the 1963–64 English football season in the Football League First Division. Winning the League Cup in 1961 had been the recent pinnacle for the club. Although Villa finished seventh in 1961–62, the following season saw the beginning of a decline in form that would see them finish in 15th place in 1963 and fourth from the bottom in 1964. Manager Joe Mercer parted company with the club in July 1964 because of these results and his declining health.^[1]

Aston Villa

1963–64 season
Manager	Joe Mercer
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	19th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
← 1962–63 1964–65 →

Second City Derby

28--20--23

← 1962–63 1964-65 →

John Lennon's In His Own Write received critical acclaim when published in 1964,^[2] with favourable reviews in London's The Sunday Times and The Observer.^[3] Among the most popular poems in the collection was "Deaf Ted, Danoota, (and me)".^[4] with the fifth verse:

Thorg Billy grows and Burnley ten,

And Aston Villa three

We clobber ever gallup

Deaf Ted, Danoota, and me.^[5]

In the Second City derby Villa lost the home fixture but held Birmingham to a draw at St Andrews.^[6]

There were debuts for Mick Wright (282), Tony Hateley (127), Dave Pountney (113), Graham Parker (21), Bob Wilson (9), and Stan Horne (6).^[7]

Table

Main article: 1963–64 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
17	Stoke City	42	14	10	18	77	78	0.987	38
18	Blackpool	42	13	9	20	52	73	0.712	35
19	Aston Villa	42	11	12	19	62	71	0.873	34
20	Birmingham City	42	11	7	24	54	92	0.587	29
21	Bolton Wanderers (R)	42	10	8	24	48	80	0.600	28	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

See also

• List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics

References

1. Ward, Adam, p. 97, "Mercer began to suffer ill health and in 1964 he left the club."
2. Burns 2009, p. 221.
3. Savage 2010, p. viii.
4. Everett 2001, p. 218.
5. John Lennon, Beatalic Graphospasms, Saturday Evening Post, 1964
6. "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History.
7. "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

Sources

• Burns, Gary (2009). "Beatles news: product line extensions and the rock canon". In Womack, Kenneth (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 217–229. ISBN 978-0-521-68976-2.
• Everett, Walter (2001). The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514105-4.
• Savage, Jon (2010). Foreword. In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works. By Lennon, John. London: Vintage Books. pp. vii–x. ISBN 978-0-09-953042-8.