Game #2896
Aston Villa
0-1-2, 1 PTS
Saturday, 27 August 1966
Lost
19th (-4)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 26,762
Arsenal
Highbury
3-0-0, 6 PTS
Arsenal
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
A week into the 1966-67 season under Dick Taylor and Villa are already in crisis; three games, one goal, two defeats, one point and 19th on goal average just ahead of a trio of pointless clubs propping up the foot of the table.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 August 1966
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Dave Rudge
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Tommy Baldwin
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Dick Taylor's Villa fail to score for the second successive game to make it a draw and two defeats so far this season. Despite winning three of the final five matches of 1965-66, Taylor had now presided over nine defeats in fifteen.
Meanwhile, 18 year old Midfielder Dave Rudge made his Villa debut after signing professional forms with the club on 1 May 1965.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952–53
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Saturday, 27 August 1966
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: David Laing | 🏴 | Preston, 1965-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 104 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 16 🟥 48 | 1.31
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Laing | 🏴 | Preston, 1965-1973
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
David Laing
CARDS
Villa
None
Arsenal
None
TEAM NEWS
Dave Rudge (debut), Willie Hamilton and Graham Parker replace Lew Chatterley, Dave Pountney and Bobby Park.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.77 |
Oldest Player |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴 | 28.55 |
Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 | 18.61 |
MANAGER
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Graham Parker | 🏴 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bertie Mee | 🏴 |
Arsenal
GK Jim Furnell | 🏴 |
CB Ian Ure | 🏴 |
RB Peter Storey | 🏴 |
WH Frank McLintock | 🏴 |
CH Terry Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M David Court | 🏴 |
M Jon Sammels | 🏴 |
W George Armstrong | 🏴 |
W Tommy Coakley | 🏴 |
F John Radford | 🏴 |
F Tommy Baldwin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Jimmy McGill | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
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
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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