Game #2846
Aston Villa
0-0-1, 0 PTS
Saturday, 21 August 1965
20th (-4)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 |
Dick Taylor | 🏴 | 1964-1967
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
None
Team News
Lew Chatterley is named as Villa's first ever 'substitute'. For 1965-66 teams could name a “twelfth man” who could be used to replace an injured player with the first twelfth man position going to Chatterley.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.15 |
Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 | 32.68 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | 18.92 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa lose at Bramall Lane on the opening day of the 1965-66 campaign under Dick Taylor.
Dick Taylor's Villa open the season with a defeat and end a run of eight unbeaten from 1964-65.
Starting XI
Lost
0-1
🟥 21 Aug 1965, Villa 0-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Alan Birchenhall
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 0-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 21 August 1965
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴 | Oldham, 1951-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴 | Oldham, 1951-1965
Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 104 | 🟩 W50 (48% ) | 🟨 D24 | 🇺(71% ) | 🟥 L30 (29% ) | ⚽ 206 | 🥅 144 | GD 62
Match Stats
Not recorded
Dick Taylor | 🏴 | 1964-1967
🕒 54 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 8 🟥 24 | 1.37
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
What they Said
Division One
Sheffield United
1-0-0, 2 PTS
Bramall Lane
Attendance: 15,575
GK Alan Hodgkinson | 🏴 |
RB Len Badger | 🏴 |
D Reg Matthewson | 🏴 |
D Ken Mallender | 🏴 |
CB David Munks | 🏴 |
M Joe Shaw | 🏴 |
M Alan Birchenall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Tony Wagstaff | 🏴 |
W Gil Reece | 🏴 |
F Keith Kettleborough | 🏴 |
CF Mick Jones | 🏴 |
John Harris | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
LB Graham Shaw | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1965-66
Playing Squad
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 | #511 |
GK John Gavan | 🏴 | #497 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 | #485 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | #488 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 | #512 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | #501 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | #474 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴 | #508 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴 | #502 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 | #516 |
M Graham Parker | 🏴 | #505 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 | #498 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 | #476 |
W Dave Roberts | 🏴 | #509 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | #470 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴 | #506 |
W Ray Bloomfield | 🏴 | #513 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴 | #515 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | #486 |
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴 | #510 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 | #496 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 | #500 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴 | #514 |
