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Game #2823

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 20 January 1965

Aston Villa

2-3

Chelsea

League Cup

Chelsea

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,022

Lost

Semi Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | Barry Stobart | 84' |

MATCH SUMMARY

In terrible conditions Villa face an onslaught of Chelsea thuggery, typified by Ron Harris, that leaves Villa down to ten men for over an hour of the game.

KEY MAN

Tony Hateley, made it five goals in three games but Villa surrender home advantage in the League Cup semis, Wednesday, 20 January 1965.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 20 January 1965

💥 | 30' Player leaves field of play with injury, Barry Stobart
🥅 | 35' Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Bobby Tambling
🥅 | 45' Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Barry Bridges
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea
💥 | 46' Player returns to field of play, Barry Stobart
💥 | 47' Player leaves field of play with injury, Gordon Lee
⚽ | 58' Goal, 1-2, Tony Hateley
⚽ | 84' Goal, 2-2, Tony Hateley, Assist by Barry Stobart
🥅 | 85' Goal, 2-3, (Chelsea), John Boyle
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Chelsea

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's Villa lose home advantage in the first leg of the League Cup semi final to leave it all to do at Stamford Bridge.

Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1964-65 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Wednesday, 20 January 1965

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Maurice Fussey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Retford, 1960-1972
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 31 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 2 🟥 16 | 1.32

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Maurice Fussey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Retford, 1960-1972
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 26 Dec 1964, Villa 1-0 Wolves, Molineux
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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🟨

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TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.91 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 32.10 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.59 |

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ❌ |
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

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Peter Bonetti | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Marvin Hinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ron Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M John Boyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Mortimore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bert Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Venables | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Graham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Tambling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Barry Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

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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Chelsea 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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