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Game #2883

Aston Villa

12-4-16, 28 PTS

Saturday, 12 March 1966

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Lost

14th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Fulham

7-5-19, 19 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 13,793

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-5

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Fulham

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🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 March 1966

🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Graham Leggat
⚽ | 18' Goal, 1-1, Tony Hateley, Assist by Tony Scott
🔁 | 18' Sub off, Tony Scott, Sub on, Dave Pountney
🥅 | 35' Goal, 1-2, (Fulham), Steve Earle
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Fulham
🥅 | 52' Goal, 1-3, (Fulham), Steve Earle
⚽ | 72' Goal, 2-3, Alan Deakin
🥅 | 81' Goal, 2-4, (Fulham), Graham Leggat
🥅 | 83' Goal, 2-5, (Fulham), Les Barrett
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-5 Fulham

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 March 1966
  • Villa fall to 14th as they are beaten by bottom side Fulham in an embarrassing performance at Villa Park.

  • Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa lose for the sixth time in nine and have now conceded nine goals in two games to make it twelve wins, three draws and seventeen defeats in thirty two League matches.

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Fulham

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Fulham
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Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Total 🕒 25 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 46 | 🥅 38 |
League 🕒 22 | 🟩 8 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 38 | 🥅 36 |
FA Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 1 |
Home 🕒 13 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 30 | 🥅 15 |
Away 🕒 12 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 23 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #91 |
Saturday, 12 March 1966

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🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Peter Bye | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford | 1966-1967
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-5
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🕒 91 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 13 🟥 41 | 1.36

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Bye | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford | 1966-1967

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Bobby Park and Lew Chatterley replace Willie Hamilton and Phil Woosnam.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.50 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 27.32 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.47 |

Referee

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Vic Buckingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Fulham

GK Jack McClelland | 🇬🇧 |
CB Brian Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Dempsey | 🇮🇪 |
RB George Cohen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Graham Leggat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IF Johnny Haynes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Mark Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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LB Fred Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

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Injury | 2 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 12 Mar 1966, Villa 2-5 Fulham, Villa Park

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