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Game #2862

Aston Villa

7-2-6, 16 PTS

Saturday, 30 October 1965

Aston Villa

2-0

Sheffield Wednesday

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

4-3-6, 11 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,222

Won

8th (+2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Johnny MacLeod | 25' | 90' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa climb to eighth - their highest position of the season - level on points with Chelsea, Stoke, Everton, Manchester United and Sunderland. Tony Scott scores his first for the club and Johnny MacLeod creates another two goals but Villa make hard work of beating lowly Wednesday.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 30 October 1965

⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Scott, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Phil Woosnam. Sub on, Dave Pountney
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 2-0, Tony Hateley, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's Villa record successive wins to make it seven wins, two draws and six defeats in fifteen League fixtures this season.

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Saturday, 30 October 1965

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: A. R. Weller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bromley, 1965-1967
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 70 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 10 🟥 29 | 1.47

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: A. R. Weller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bromley, 1965-1967
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Dick Taylor names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.00 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 32.88 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.11 |

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Ron Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Frank Noble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Wilf Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Mobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Gerry Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jim McCalliog | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Dave Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Hickton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 83’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Brian Woodall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

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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