Game #2897
Aston Villa
0-1-3, 1 PTS

Wednesday, 31 August 1966
20th (-1)
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
GK Colin Withers | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Mick Wright | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Keith Bradley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Charlie Aitken | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Alan Deakin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Lew Chatterley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Mike Tindall | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
W Tony Scott | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Willie Hamilton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CF Tony Hateley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Dick Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1964-1967

Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
Not recorded
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
๐จ Mike Tindall (1)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
None
Team News
Keith Bradley and Lew Chatterley replace Graham Parker and Dave Rudge.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.08 |
Oldest Player |
F Willie Hamilton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 28.56 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 19.95 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa lose for the third successive game to leave them with one goal, one point and three defeats in their four first division matches under Dick Taylor to sit 20th, third from bottom in the table, one place above the relegation zone.
Dick Taylor's Villa fail to score and lose for the third successive game to make it a draw and three defeats so far this season. Despite winning three of the final five matches of 1965-66, Taylor had now presided over ten defeats in sixteen.
Starting XI

Lost
0-2
๐ฅ 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 9โ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Graham Pugh
๐ | HT Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa
๐ฅ
| 60โ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), John Fantham
๐จ | Booking, Mike Tindall, Dissent.
๐ | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Wednesday, 31 August 1966
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Dick Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Harold Richards | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Oldham, 1965-1968
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: Harold Richards | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Oldham, 1965-1968
Match Stats
Not recorded
Dick Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1964-1967
๐ 105 | ๐ฉ | 40 ๐จ 16 ๐ฅ 49 | 1.30
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
What they Said
Division One
Sheffield Wednesday
3-1-0, 7 PTS
Hillsborough
Attendance: 25,184
GK Ron Springett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Don Megson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Sam Ellis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Wilf Smith | ๐ฉ๐ช |
LH Gerry Young | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Graham Pugh | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M John Quinn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Peter Eustace | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jim McCalliog | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
IF John Fantham | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Dave Ford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Alan Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
Not Recorded
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
League Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: 1934โ35
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1966-67
Playing Squad





























