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Game #2890

Aston Villa

13-6-20, 32 PTS

Wednesday, 27 April 1966

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Lost

21st (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

13-7-17, 33 PTS

Hillsborough

Attendance: 27,269

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Sheffield Wednesday

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 27 April 1966

💥 | 38' Missed Penalty, Tony Hateley
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), John Fantham
🥅 | 70' Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), John Fantham
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa

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

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 27 April 1966
  • Villa undo all their good work against Burnley 10 days earlier and lose to Wednesday to slump to 21st in the table. The saving grace though is because of their recent non-activity Villa have games in hand on the teams around them.

  • Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa lose for the eleventh time in eighteen games to make it thirteen wins, five draws and twenty one defeats in thirty nine League matches. 

  • Meanwhile, winger Jimmy MacEwan made his final appearance for Villa aged 37 before moving on to Walsall in August 1966. MacEwan played for Villa between 1959-60 and 1965-66 making 181 appearances and scoring 32 goals.

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1959-66 🕒 181 | ✅ 181 | 🔁 (0) | ⚽ 33 | 🔥 47 | 🇺 1 | #471 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
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Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #98 |
Wednesday, 27 April 1966

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🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 98 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 15 🟥 45 | 1.32

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

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

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy MacEwan replaces Tony Scott.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.78 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 37.12 |

Youngest Player |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.25 |

Referee

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Ron Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Don Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Sam Ellis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Wilf Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Gerry Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Pugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Eustace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jim McCalliog | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
IF John Fantham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Dave Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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

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

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

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

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

UNAVAILABLE
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None

UNAVAILABLE
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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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🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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