Game #2876
Aston Villa
10-3-12, 23 PTS
Saturday, 29 January 1966
14th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴 |
M Graham Parker | 🏴 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 |
Dick Taylor | 🏴 | 1964-1967
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 1 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴 |
Alan Baker and Barry Stobart replace Phil Woosnam and Johnny MacLeod.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.97 |
Oldest Player |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴 | 27.97 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | 19.36 |
Villa are never in the game against a workmanlike Sheffield United side as the guile and intelligence of Phil Woosnam is sorely missed. Villa remain 14th.
Dick Taylor's Villa lose for the third time in four to make it ten wins, two draws and thirteen defeats in twenty five League matches.
Lost
0-2
🟥 29 Jan 1966, Villa 0-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Gil Reece
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield United
🥅 | 69' Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield United), Gil Reece
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Sheffield United
Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #84 |
Saturday, 29 January 1965
Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴 | Ormskirk, 1966-1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴 | Ormskirk, 1966-1977
Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Dick Taylor | 🏴 | 1964-1967
🕒 84 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 12 🟥 37 | 1.39
Villa Career Form:
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Division One
Sheffield United
11-8-8, 30 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 15,318
GK Alan Hodgkinson | 🏴 |
RB Len Badger | 🏴 |
D Reg Matthewson | 🏴 |
D Ken Mallender | 🏴 |
M Joe Shaw | 🏴 |
M Tony Wagstaff | 🏴 |
M Tom Fenoughty | 🏴 |
M Barry Wagstaff | 🏴 |
M Alan Birchenall | 🏴 |
W Gil Reece | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Alan Woodward | 🏴 |
John Harris | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CB David Munks | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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