Joe Mercer

Born on : August 09, 1914 at Ellesmere Port

Date of death : August 09, 1990

Nationality : England

Number of international caps : 5

First cap : vs Ireland 16/11/1938

Main position
Left Midfielder

Manager careerLast updated on 21/11/2024 at 08:36

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Results

Goals

Competition info

Season	Club	League					Continent						International
Season	Club	tier	Games played	V V	D D	L L	Rk.	pts	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA
1974	England																								7	43%3	43%3	14%1	British Home Championship3	9	7	7	43%3	43%3	14%1		9	7
1973/1974	Coventry	1	42	33%14	24%10	43%18			43	54								12	42%5	42%5	17%2	FA Cup1/8 1/8 de finale League Cup1/4 1/4 de finale	21	15								54	35%19	28%15	37%20		64	69
1972/1973	Coventry	1	42	31%13	21%9	48%20	19	35	40	55								6	67%4		33%2	FA Cup1/4 1/4 de finale League Cup1/161/16 de finale	10	5								48	35%17	19%9	46%22		50	60
1971/1972	Man City	1	11	55%6	27%3	18%2			21	8								2	50%1		50%1	League Cup1/161/16 de finale	4	6								13	54%7	23%3	23%3		25	14
1970/1971	Man City	1	42	29%12	40%17	31%13	11	41	47	42	9	56%5		44%4	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup1/2 1/2 finales	10	7	4	50%2		50%2	FA Cup1/8 1/8 de finale League Cup2e t2e tour	6	4								55	35%19	31%17	35%19		63	53
1969/1970	Man City	1	42	38%16	26%11	36%15	10	43	55	48	9	67%6	22%2	11%1	(C2) Cup Winners' CupFinaFinale	22	6	10	70%7	10%1	20%2	League CupFinaFinale FA Cup1/161/16 de finale Charity ShieldFinaFinale	19	11								61	48%29	23%14	30%18		96	65
1968/1969	Man City	1	42	36%15	24%10	40%17	13	40	64	55	2		50%1	50%1	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions1er 1er tour	1	2	11	73%8	18%2	9%1	FA CupFinaFinale League Cup1/161/16 de finale Charity ShieldFinaFinale	20	3								55	42%23	24%13	35%19		85	60
1967/1968	Man City	1	42	62%26	14%6	24%10	1	58	86	43								8	38%3	38%3	25%2	FA Cup1/161/16 de finale League Cup1/8 1/8 de finale	19	8								50	58%29	18%9	24%12		105	51
1966/1967	Man City	1	42	29%12	36%15	36%15	15	39	43	52								8	50%4	25%2	25%2	FA Cup1/4 1/4 de finale League Cup1/161/16 de finale	15	10								50	32%16	34%17	34%17		58	62
1965/1966	Man City	2	42	52%22	36%15	12%5	1	59	76	44								10	40%4	40%4	20%2	FA Cup1/4 1/4 de finale League Cup1/161/16 de finale	14	10								52	50%26	37%19	13%7		90	54
1963/1964	Aston Villa	1	42	26%11	29%12	45%19	19	34	62	71								4	25%1	25%1	50%2	FA Cup3e t3e tour League Cup1/161/16 de finale	4	5								46	26%12	28%13	46%21		66	76
1962/1963	Aston Villa	1	42	36%15	19%8	45%19	15	38	62	68								11	55%6	27%3	18%2	League CupFinaFinale FA Cup1/161/16 de finale	27	13								53	40%21	21%11	40%21		89	81
1961/1962	Aston Villa	1	42	43%18	19%8	38%16	7	44	65	56								9	67%6		33%3	FA Cup1/4 1/4 de finale League Cup3e t3e tour League CupFinaFinale	20	16								51	47%24	16%8	37%19		85	72
1960/1961	Aston Villa	1	42	40%17	21%9	38%16	9	43	78	77								15	47%7	47%7	7%1	FA Cup1/8 1/8 de finale	34	20								57	42%24	28%16	30%17		112	97
1959/1960	Aston Villa	2	42	60%25	21%9	19%8	1	59	89	43								5	80%4		20%1	FA Cup1/2 1/2 finales	8	4								47	62%29	19%9	19%9		97	47
1958/1959	Aston Villa	1	22	27%6	23%5	50%11	21	30	27	34								6	67%4	17%1	17%1	FA Cup1/2 1/2 finales	10	4								28	36%10	21%6	43%12		37	38
1958/1959	Sheffield U	2	19	42%8	21%4	37%7			29	23																						19	42%8	21%4	37%7		29	23
1957/1958	Sheffield U	2	42	50%21	24%10	26%11	6	52	75	50								4	50%2	25%1	25%1	FA Cup1/8 1/8 de finale	10	6								46	50%23	24%11	26%12		85	56
1956/1957	Sheffield U	2	42	45%19	19%8	36%15	7	46	87	76								3		67%2	33%1	FA Cup3e t3e tour	2	3								45	42%19	22%10	36%16		89	79
1955/1956	Sheffield U	1	42	29%12	21%9	50%21	22	33	63	77								4	50%2	25%1	25%1	FA Cup1/8 1/8 de finale	7	2								46	30%14	22%10	48%22		70	79
Total			724	40%288	25%178	36%258	177	694	1112	976	20	55%11	15%3	30%6		33	15	132	53%70	25%33	22%29		250	145	7	43%3	43%3	14%1		9	7	883	42%372	25%217	33%294		1404	1143

Mercer's career statisticsLast updated on 21/11/2024 at 08:36

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

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Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

1953/1954

Arsenal

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Arsenal	Charity Shield	1					1		90	0	100%		100%			100%	0%	0%

1952/1953

1951/1952

1950/1951

1949/1950

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Arsenal	FA Cup	1						1	90	0	100%					100%	0%	0%

1948/1949

1947/1948

1946/1947

1946/1947

Club	Competition															V	D	L
England B	Friendlies	1					2		90	0	100%					0%	100%	0%

1938/1939

Everton

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Everton	Division 1	41	52	17	3690	100%	98%	66%	10%	24%
Everton	FA Cup	5	5	2	450	100%	100%	60%	20%	20%
England	British Home Championship	2	1	1	180	100%	67%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	3	4	1	270	100%	100%	33%	33%	33%

1937/1938

Everton

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Everton	Division 1	36					63	4	3240	0	100%		86%			39%	14%	47%
Everton	FA Cup	2					1	1	180	0	100%		100%			50%	0%	50%

1936/1937

Everton

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Everton	Division 1	39					73	8	3510	0	100%		93%			36%	18%	46%
Everton	FA Cup	4					5	2	360	0	100%		100%			50%	25%	25%

1935/1936

Everton

2970

3060

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Everton	Division 1	33	1		2970		68	6	2970	0	100%		79%			33%	33%	33%
Everton	FA Cup	1					3		90	0	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%

1934/1935

Everton

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Everton	Division 1	7					15	1	630	0	100%		17%			29%	29%	43%

1933/1934

Everton

1932/1933

Everton

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Everton	Division 1	1					1		90	0	100%		2%			0%	0%	100%

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Premier League	1	1939
FA Cup	1	1950
Community Shield	1	1953
British Home Championship	1	1939

Manager's titles

Victories

Premier League	1	1968
Championship	2	19661960
FA Cup	1	1969
Community Shield	1	1968
League Cup	2	19701961
British Home Championship	1	1974
Cup Winners' Cup	1	1970

Runner-ups

League Cup	1	1963
Community Shield	1	1969

Rewards

Victories

FWA Footballer of the Year

1950

Transfers

01/07/74 > 09/08/90	Retired	mana.
01/05/74 > 01/07/74	England	mana.
15/06/72 > 01/05/74	Coventry	mana.
01/07/65 > 07/10/71	Man City	mana.
01/12/58 > 31/07/64	Aston Villa	mana.
01/07/55 > 01/12/58	Sheffield U	mana.

01/07/54 > 09/08/90	Retired
01/01/47 > 01/07/54	Arsenal
01/07/32 > 01/01/47	Everton

Suggest a transfer for this player

Manager career by clubLast updated on 14/11/2024 at 09:50

Club	Played matches	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses	GF Goals for	GA Goals against
England	7	43%3	43%3	14%1	9	7
Aston Villa	282	43%120	22%63	35%99	486	411
Coventry	102	35%36	24%24	41%42	114	129
Man City	336	44%149	27%92	28%95	522	359
Sheffield U	156	41%64	22%35	37%57	273	237

Player career by clubLast updated on 14/11/2024 at 09:50

Club	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Minutes played	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
England	5			450	100%5	60%3	20%1
England B	1			90	100%1	0%0	0%0
Arsenal	2			180	100%2	100%2	0%0
Everton	169	1	15210	15210	100%169	44%74	38%64

Manager's favourite opponents

Club		V
West Ham	29	13	48	45
Stoke City	25	13	45	38
Man United	30	12	44	38
Leicester	30	12	53	45
Everton	31	11	35	35
Chelsea	29	11	38	37
WBA	29	11	46	39
Burnley	28	11	43	30
Huddersfield	20	11	35	13
Tottenham	31	10	45	47
Blackpool	20	10	38	25
Wolves	28	9	39	48
Ipswich Town	26	9	35	33
Rotherham	12	9	29	14
Liverpool	28	8	37	48
Newcastle	22	8	26	30
Bolton	16	8	32	22
Palace	10	8	18	6
Arsenal	26	7	36	42
S Wednesday	19	7	21	19

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Liverpool	8	5
Grimsby Town	7	4
Wolves	9	3
Chelsea	8	5
Leeds United	8	3
Stoke City	8	2
Derby County	7	2
Brentford	7	3
Portsmouth	6	4
Preston NE	6	2
Blackpool	5	4
Man United	4	2
Leicester	4	2
Aston Villa	3	2
Birmingham	11	5
Arsenal	9	2
Sunderland	9	3
Middlesbrough	7	3
WBA	7	4
Huddersfield	7	4

Manager's worst opponents

Club		L
Tottenham	31	16	47
Liverpool	28	13	48
Chelsea	29	12	37
Everton	31	12	35
Wolves	28	12	48
Nottingham	23	12	36
Man United	30	11	38
Birmingham	20	11	36
West Ham	29	11	45
Leicester	30	11	45
WBA	29	11	39
Arsenal	26	10	42
Leeds United	19	10	22
Ipswich Town	26	10	33
Fulham	18	8	36
Newcastle	22	8	30
Sunderland	17	8	16
Blackburn	14	8	27
Stoke City	25	8	38
Derby County	17	7	17

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Wolves	9	6	24
Arsenal	9	5	16
Sunderland	9	4	18
Charlton	5	4	13
Brentford	7	4	12
Leeds United	8	3	10
Middlesbrough	7	3	18
Man City	7	3	13
Birmingham	11	3	21
WBA	7	3	19
Preston NE	6	3	11
Grimsby Town	7	3	6
Huddersfield	7	3	11
Man United	4	2	5
Chelsea	8	2	12
Liverpool	8	2	8
Leicester	4	2	6
Derby County	7	2	10
Stoke City	8	2	8
Tottenham	2	1	5

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
1953/1954	Arsenal	100%	0%	1	36%	34%	44	-
1952/1953	Arsenal	0%	0%	0	52%	22%	46	-
1951/1952	Arsenal	0%	0%	0	53%	22%	49	-
1950/1951	Arsenal	0%	0%	0	46%	33%	46	-
1949/1950	Arsenal	100%	0%	1	50%	25%	48	-
1948/1949	Arsenal	0%	0%	0	44%	27%	45	-
1947/1948	Arsenal	0%	0%	0	53%	16%	43	-
1946/1947	Arsenal	0%	0%	0	41%	32%	22	-
1946/1947	Everton	0%	0%	0	28%	48%	25	-
1938/1939	Everton	65%	24%	46	0%	0%	1	-
1937/1938	Everton	39%	47%	38	33%	33%	6	-
1936/1937	Everton	37%	44%	43	0%	33%	3	-
1935/1936	Everton	32%	35%	34	22%	56%	9	Positive
1934/1935	Everton	29%	43%	7	43%	30%	40	Negative
1933/1934	Everton	0%	0%	0	27%	36%	44	-
1932/1933	Everton	0%	100%	1	48%	33%	48	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Everton
18/04/1933	D1	Leeds United - Everton	1 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first loss
09/03/1935	D1	WBA - Everton	0 - 1	First victory
14/03/1936	D1	Everton - Blackburn	4 - 0	First goal
Arsenal
29/04/1950	FAC	Arsenal - Liverpool	2 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 14/11/2024 at 09:50

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Premier League	Premier League	157	1	14130	14130	100%157	43%68	18%29	38%60
FA Cup	FA Cup	13			1170	100%13	54%7	15%2	31%4
Community Shield	Community Shield	1			90	100%1	100%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	4			360	100%4	25%1	50%2	25%1
BHC	British Home Championship	2			180	100%2	100%2

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
1953/1954	Arsenal	1	12	43	42	15	13	14	75	73
1952/1953	Arsenal	1	1	54	42	21	12	9	97	64
1951/1952	Arsenal	1	3	53	42	21	11	10	80	61
1950/1951	Arsenal	1	5	47	42	19	9	14	73	56
1949/1950	Arsenal	1	6	49	42	19	11	12	79	55
1948/1949	Arsenal	1	5	49	42	18	13	11	74	44
1947/1948	Arsenal	1	1	59	42	23	13	6	81	32
1946/1947	Arsenal	1	13	41	42	16	9	17	72	70
1938/1939	Everton	1	1	59	42	27	5	10	88	52
1937/1938	Everton	1	14	39	42	16	7	19	79	75
1936/1937	Everton	1	17	37	42	14	9	19	81	78
1935/1936	Everton	1	16	39	42	13	13	16	89	89
1934/1935	Everton	1	8	44	42	16	12	14	89	88
1933/1934	Everton	1	14	40	42	12	16	14	62	63
1932/1933	Everton	1	11	41	42	16	9	17	81	74

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
June 26, 1954	26/06	WC	Quarter-finals	Uruguay	4 - 2	England	Absent
June 20, 1954	20/06	WC	Group D	England	2 - 0	Switzerland	Absent
June 17, 1954	17/06	WC	Group D	England	4 - 4a.e.t.	Belgium	Absent
May 23, 1954	23/05	F	Europe	Hungary	7 - 1	England	Absent
May 16, 1954	16/05	F	Europe	Yugoslavia	1 - 0	England	Absent
April 24, 1954	24/04	D1	Round 42	Arsenal	3 - 1	Middlesbrough	No data
April 19, 1954	19/04	D1	Round 41	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Arsenal	No data
April 17, 1954	17/04	D1	Round 40	Newcastle	5 - 2	Arsenal	No data
April 16, 1954	16/04	D1	Round 39	Arsenal	3 - 0	Portsmouth	No data
April 10, 1954	10/04	D1	Round 38	Arsenal	3 - 0	Liverpool	No data
April 06, 1954	06/04	D1	Round 37	Arsenal	1 - 1	Aston Villa	No data
April 03, 1954	03/04	D1	Round 36	Bolton	3 - 1	Arsenal	No data
April 03, 1954	03/04	BHC	Round 3	Scotland	2 - 4	England	Absent
March 27, 1954	27/03	D1	Round 36	Arsenal	3 - 1	Man United	No data
March 20, 1954	20/03	D1	Round 35	S Wednesday	2 - 1	Arsenal	No data
March 13, 1954	13/03	D1	Round 34	Arsenal	3 - 3	Charlton	No data
March 06, 1954	06/03	D1	Round 33	Burnley	2 - 1	Arsenal	No data
February 27, 1954	27/02	D1	Round 31	Arsenal	0 - 3	Tottenham	No data
February 24, 1954	24/02	D1	Round 31	Preston NE	0 - 1	Arsenal	No data
February 13, 1954	13/02	D1	Round 29	Arsenal	1 - 1	Cardiff City	No data
February 06, 1954	06/02	D1	Round 28	Man City	0 - 0	Arsenal	No data
January 30, 1954	30/01	FAC	Round of 32	Arsenal	1 - 2	Norwich City	No data
January 23, 1954	23/01	D1	Round 27	Arsenal	1 - 4	Sunderland	No data
January 16, 1954	16/01	D1	Round 26	Wolverhampton	0 - 2	Arsenal	No data
January 09, 1954	09/01	FAC	3rd round	Arsenal	5 - 1	Aston Villa	No data
December 28, 1953	28/12	D1	Round 25	Arsenal	1 - 1	Blackpool	No data
December 26, 1953	26/12	D1	Round 24	Blackpool	2 - 2	Arsenal	No data
December 19, 1953	19/12	D1	Round 23	Huddersfield	2 - 2	Arsenal	No data
December 12, 1953	12/12	D1	Round 22	Arsenal	2 - 2	WBA	No data
December 05, 1953	05/12	D1	Round 21	Middlesbrough	2 - 0	Arsenal	No data
November 28, 1953	28/11	D1	Round 20	Arsenal	2 - 1	Newcastle	No data
November 25, 1953	25/11	F	Europe	England	3 - 6	Hungary	Absent
November 21, 1953	21/11	D1	Round 19	Liverpool	1 - 2	Arsenal	No data
November 14, 1953	14/11	D1	Round 18	Arsenal	4 - 3	Bolton	No data
November 11, 1953	11/11	BHC	Round 2	England	3 - 1	N. Ireland	Absent
November 07, 1953	07/11	D1	Round 17	Man United	2 - 2	Arsenal	No data
October 31, 1953	31/10	D1	Round 18	Arsenal	4 - 1	S Wednesday	No data
October 24, 1953	24/10	D1	Round 15	Charlton	1 - 5	Arsenal	No data
October 21, 1953	21/10	F	Europe	England	4 - 4	UEFA XI	Absent
October 17, 1953	17/10	D1	Round 14	Arsenal	2 - 5	Burnley	No data
October 12, 1953	12/10	CS	Final	Arsenal	3 - 1	Blackpool	90 Minutes
October 10, 1953	10/10	D1	Round 13	Tottenham	1 - 4	Arsenal	No data
October 10, 1953	10/10	BHC	Round 1	Wales	1 - 4	England	Absent
October 03, 1953	03/10	D1	Round 12	Arsenal	3 - 2	Preston NE	No data
September 26, 1953	26/09	D1	Round 11	Cardiff City	0 - 3	Arsenal	No data
September 19, 1953	19/09	D1	Round 10	Arsenal	2 - 2	Man City	No data
September 15, 1953	15/09	D1	Round 9	Chelsea	0 - 2	Arsenal	No data
September 12, 1953	12/09	D1	Round 8	Sunderland	7 - 1	Arsenal	No data
September 08, 1953	08/09	D1	Round 7	Arsenal	1 - 2	Chelsea	No data
September 05, 1953	05/09	D1	Round 6	Arsenal	2 - 3	Wolverhampton	No data
September 01, 1953	01/09	D1	Round 5	Arsenal	1 - 1	Sheffield U	No data
August 29, 1953	29/08	D1	Round 4	Aston Villa	2 - 1	Arsenal	No data
August 24, 1953	24/08	D1	Round 3	Sheffield U	1 - 0	Arsenal	No data
August 22, 1953	22/08	D1	Round 2	Arsenal	0 - 0	Huddersfield	No data
August 19, 1953	19/08	D1	Round 1	WBA	2 - 0	Arsenal	No data

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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