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Game #2819

Aston Villa

7-2-14, 16 PTS

Saturday, 26 December 1964

Wolves

0-1

Aston Villa

Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

4-2-17, 10 PTS

Molineux

Attendance: 30,829

Won

21st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Johnny MacLeod | 27' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa win a crucial match at Molineux to open up a six point gap to bottom side Wolves but remain in 21st under Dick Taylor.

KEY MAN

Alan Baker, scored his third in two as Villa end 1964 with a brace of wins, Saturday, 26 December 1964.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 December 1964

⚽ | 27' Goal, 1-0, Alan Baker, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's Villa end 1964 with consecutive victories to make it seven wins, two draws and fourteen defeats in twenty three division one matches this season. At the same point the previous season, Villa, under former manager Joe Mercer, had won eight, losing twelve and went on to finish the season 19th, two places above the relegation places.

Aston Villa

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1964-65 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 26 December 1964

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Maurice Fussey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Retford, 1960-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 27 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 2 🟥 14 | 1.30

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Maurice Fussey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Retford, 1960-1972
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 5 Oct 1964, Villa 1-2 Everton, Villa Park
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Dick Taylor names the same line up for the third successive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.84 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 32.03 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.53 |

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Andy Beattie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

GK Fred Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Woodfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Gerry Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fred Kemp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ron Flowers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Wagstaffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Terry Wharton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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