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Game #2795

Aston Villa

0-0-3, 0 PTS

Saturday, 29 August 1964

Lost

22nd (-3)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Attendance: 28,732

Arsenal

Highbury

1-1-1, 3 PTS

Arsenal

3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 68' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Three defeats in three as Villa lose consecutive games in the capital and hand Arsenal their first win of the season. The result leaves Villa rock bottom in the table.

KEY MAN

Tony Hateley, scored his second goal in succession but Villa chalk up three successive losses under new boss Dick Taylor, Saturday, 29 August 1964.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 August 1964

🥅 | 31' Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), George Armstrong
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 60' Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Geoff Strong
⚽ | 68' Goal, 1-2, Tony Hateley, Assist by Ron Wylie
🥅 | 80' Goal, 1-3, (Arsenal), Johnny Macleod
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's Villa make it three defeats from three under his leadership as they rack up six consecutive losses including the end of the 1963-64 season. Villa now have just four wins in the last twenty nine matches after a torrid final twelve months under Mercer and a difficult start to life under Taylor.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Arsenal

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952–53

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1964-65 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 29 August 1964

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 3 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 0 🟥 3 | 0.00

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Arsenal

None

TEAM NEWS

Alan Baker replaces Jimmy MacEwan.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.03 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 31.71 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.94 |

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Billy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Jim Furnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Fred Clarke | 🇬🇧 |
LB Billy McCullough | 🇬🇧 |
CB Peter Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ure | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Don Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F George Eastham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Strong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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