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Game #2871

Aston Villa

8-3-10, 19 PTS

Saturday, 11 December 1965

Aston Villa

3-2

Everton

Division One

Everton

7-5-9, 19 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,826

Won

12th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Assist(s) | Willie Hamilton | 13' | Phil Woosnam | 37' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa win for the first time in six and astonishingly the first time in five years against Everton to prematurely end 1965 on a relative high in 12th place.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 December 1965

⚽ | 13' Goal, 1-0, Phil Woosnam, Assist by Willie Hamilton
⚽ | 30' Goal, 2-0, Tony Hateley
⚽ | 37' Goal, 3-0, Tony Hateley, Assist by Phil Woosnam
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Everton
🥅 | 60' Goal, 3-1, (Everton), Fred Pickering
🥅 | 65' Goal, 3-2, (Everton), John Hurst
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Everton

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa score three goals for the second successive game but hold on this time to win for the first time in seven and make it eight wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty one League matches.

Aston Villa

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

Everton

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1962-63

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Everton

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #79 |
Saturday, 11 December 1965

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Geoff Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Newport, 1964-1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 79 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 12 🟥 34 | 1.41

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Geoff Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Newport, 1964-1966
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
| 24.84 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 32.99 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.22 |

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 Graham Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Harry Catterick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

GK Geoff Barnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ray Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Labone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Hurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Tommy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Derek Temple | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alex Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Alex Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Fred Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Ray Bloomfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Jimmy Husband | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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