Game #2897
Aston Villa
0-1-3, 1 PTS
Wednesday, 31 August 1966
Lost
20th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 25,184
Sheffield Wednesday
Hillsborough
3-1-0, 7 PTS
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.
Sheffield Wednesday
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 31 August 1966
🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Graham Pugh
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), John Fantham
🟨 | Booking, Mike Tindall, Dissent.
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Sheffield Wednesday
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Wednesday, 31 August 1966
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Harold Richards | 🏴 | Oldham, -1968
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 105 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 16 🟥 49 | 1.30
Career Form:
Mid Table
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Harold Richards | 🏴 | Oldham, -1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
Harold Richards
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Sheffield Wednesday
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 | 🏴 | 28.56 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | 19.95 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
Alan Brown | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not recorded
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not Recorded
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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