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Game #2854

Aston Villa

4-1-4, 9 PTS

Saturday, 18 September 1965

Won

12th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Attendance: 12,634

Fulham

Craven Cottage

1-2-6, 4 PTS

Fulham

3-6

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Willie Hamilton | 2' | Johnny MacLeod | 21' | Phil Woosnam | 62' | 68' | Mike Tindall | 65' | Dave Pountney | 75' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa win in a remarkable game at Craven Cottage to climb to 12th in the table level with Chelsea and Arsenal. Villa race into a two goal lead, concede a hat-trick before four second half goals secure victory in a nine goal thriller.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 18 September 1965

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Hateley, Assist by Willie Hamilton
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 2-0, Phil Woosnam, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🥅 | 39’ Goal, 2-1, (Fulham), Graham Leggat
🕒 | HT Fulham 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 2-2, (Fulham), Graham Leggat
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 2-3, (Fulham), Graham Leggat
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 3-3, Mike Tindall, Assist by Phil Woosnam
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 4-3, Tony Hateley, Assist by Mike Tindall
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 5-3, Johnny MacLeod, Assist by Phil Woosnam
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 6-3, Willie Hamilton, Assist by Dave Pountney
🕒 | FT Fulham 3-6 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's Villa win for the fourth time in five games as their recently improved form continues. Villa make it four wins, a draw and four defeats in nine League games this season.

Aston Villa

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

Fulham

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Fulham

Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Saturday, 18 September 1965

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Haydn Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wenvoe, 1965-1967
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 62 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 9 🟥 27 | 1.40

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Haydn Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wenvoe, 1965-1967
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Haydn Davies

CARDS

Villa

None

Fulham

None

TEAM NEWS

Dick Taylor names the same line up for the fourth consecutive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.60 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 32.76 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.99 |

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Vic Buckingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Fulham

GK Tony Macedo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bobby Keetch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Key | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Dempsey | 🇮🇪 |
RB George Cohen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat O’Connell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Terry Dyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Graham Leggat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IF Johnny Haynes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substititutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Mark Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

None

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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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