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Game #2889

Aston Villa

13-6-19, 32 PTS

Saturday, 16 April 1966

Won

17th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Burnley

Attendance: 14,100

Villa Park

21-7-10, 49 PTS

Aston Villa

2-1

Burnley

Assist(s) | Willie Hamilton | 23' | Tony Hateley | 58' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa's first win in eight in difficult conditions keeps Villa 17th but with a three point cushion to the relegation places with four to play.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 April 1966

🥅 | 3' Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), Willie Irvine
⚽ | 23' Goal, 1-1, Tony Hateley, Assist by Willie Hamilton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Burnley
🔁 | 48' Sub off, Tony Scott, Sub on, Mick Wright
⚽ | 58' Goal, 2-1, Phil Woosnam, Assist by Tony Hateley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa win for the first time in eight games to make it thirteen wins, five draws and twenty defeats in thirty eight League matches.

Aston Villa

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

Burnley

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60

FIXTURE HISTORY

Burnley

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 16 April 1966

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Geoffrey Roper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stowmarket, 1966-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 97 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 15 🟥 44 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Geoffrey Roper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stowmarket, 1961-1968
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Burnley

None

TEAM NEWS

Johnny MacLeod replaces Jimmy MacEwan.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.66 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 33.34 |

Youngest Player |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.22 |

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Harry Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Burnley

GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Alex Elder | 🇬🇧 |
D Sammy Todd | 🇬🇧 |
RB John Angus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian O’Neil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Willie Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ralph Coates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Willie Irvine | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 47' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB John Talbut | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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