Game #2840
Aston Villa
13-3-21, 29 PTS
Monday, 12 April 1965
Won
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 37,003
Birmingham City
Villa Park
8-9-21, 25 PTS
Villa crush Birmingham with room to spare in a comprehensive performance rarely seen under Dick Taylor. As a consequence, although still in 20th place, Villa open up a four point gap to Birmingham below them with five left to play. Safety isn't secured but it certainly looks better than it did.
Aston Villa
3-0
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 16' | Alan Baker | 67' |
KEY MAN
Tony Hateley, scored his sixth in seven as Villa secure a crucial win in their fight against relegation, Monday, 12 April 1965.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 12 April 1965
⚽ | 11' Goal, 1-0, Phil Woosnam
⚽ | 16' Goal, 2-0, Lew Chatterley, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Birmingham City
⚽ | 67' Goal, 3-0, Tony Hateley, Assist by Alan Baker
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Birmingham City
ON THIS DAY
Dick Taylor's Villa are now unbeaten in three League games for the first time this season and make it thirteen wins, three draws and twenty one defeats in thirty seven division one matches this season.
At the same point in 1963-64, under former manager Joe Mercer, Villa had lost sixteen and won nine before going on to finish 19th, two places above relegation.
Ironically, Mercer’s team had lost their 37th division one game to Birmingham 0-3 at Villa Park, the exact reverse of their latest scoreline as Villa pushed their near neighbours closer to relegation and crucially lifted their own chances of survival.
In consequence, with just five games left to play, Dick Taylor needed to continue the unbeaten run to ensure Villa were not going to fall to relegation alongside their neighbours at the end of his first season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1964-65 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #48 |
Monday, 12 April 1965
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Harold Richards | 🏴 | Oldham, -1968
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 48 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 6 🟥 23 | 1.31
Career Form:
Mid Table
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Harold Richards | 🏴 | Oldham, -1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Harold Richards
CARDS
Villa
None
Birmingham City
None
TEAM NEWS
Keith Bradley replaces Mick Wright.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.67 |
Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 | 32.33 |
Youngest Player |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 | 19.21 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
Joe Mallett | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Birmingham City
GK Johnny Schofield | 🏴 |
FB Colin Green | 🏴 |
CB Brian Sharples | 🏴 |
CB Winston Foster | 🏴 |
D Terry Hennessey | 🏴 |
RB Cammie Fraser (ex) | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn (ex) | 🏴 |
W Denis Thwaites | 🏴 |
W Alec Jackson | 🏴 |
IF Geoff Vowden | 🏴 |
CF Mickey Bullock | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴 |
International Duty | 1 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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