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Game #2862

Aston Villa

7-2-6, 16 PTS

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Saturday, 30 October 1965

8th (+2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967
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Substitutes:

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

Unused Substitutes:

None

None

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

Matchday Squad:

None

Dick Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.00 |

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

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

  • 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.

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

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Won

2-0

🟩 30 Oct 1965, Villa 2-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Tony Scott | 25' | Tony Hateley | 90' |

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

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 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

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

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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: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Referee: A. R. Weller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bromley, 1965-1967

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🕒 70 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 10 🟥 29 | 1.47

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
49
🟩
23
🟨
0
49
🟨
8
🟥
0
0
🟥
18
0
🥅
12
73
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
203
🟩
80
🟨
1
203
🟨
40
🟥
0
5
🟥
83
8
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
173
🟩
69
🟨
1
173
🟨
32
🟥
0
0
🟥
72
1
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
74
🟩
26
🟨
0
74
🟨
15
🟥
0
0
🟥
33
1
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
187
🟩
70
🟨
0
187
🟨
46
🟥
0
6
🟥
71
12
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
54
🟩
26
🟨
0
54
🟨
6
🟥
0
5
🟥
22
20
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
100
🟩
38
🟨
0
100
🟨
18
🟥
0
17
🟥
44
24
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
105
🟩
41
🟨
0
105
🟨
20
🟥
0
61
🟥
44
12
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
🟨
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🟥
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Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
90
🟩
32
🟨
0
90
🟨
19
🟥
0
7
🟥
39
5
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
4
🟩
2
🟨
0
4
🟨
1
🟥
0
1
🟥
1
0
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
16
🟩
9
🟨
0
16
🟨
2
🟥
0
4
🟥
5
7
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
80
🟩
34
🟨
0
1
🟨
14
🟥
0
6
🟥
32
2
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
🟨
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🟥
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Player Profile

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

4-3-6, 11 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 23,222

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

W Brian Woodall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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