Game #2819
Aston Villa
7-2-14, 16 PTS

Saturday, 26 December 1964
21st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
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 | 🏴 |
Dick Taylor | 🏴 | 1964-1967

Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
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None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 2 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
Dick Taylor names the same line up for the third successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.84 |
Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 | 32.03 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 20.53 |
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.
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.

Won
1-0
🟩 26 Dec 1964, Villa 1-0 Wolves, Molineux
Scorer(s) | Alan Baker | 27' |
Assist(s) | Johnny MacLeod | 27' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 27' Goal, 1-0, Alan Baker, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1964-65 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 26 December 1964

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Maurice Fussey | 🏴 | Retford, 1963-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Referee: Maurice Fussey | 🏴 | Retford, 1963-1971
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Dick Taylor | 🏴 | 1964-1967
🕒 27 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 2 🟥 14 | 1.30
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Referee:
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Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
4-2-17, 10 PTS

Molineux
Attendance: 30,829
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 | 🏴 |
Andy Beattie | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded


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