Game #2898
Aston Villa
1-1-3, 3 PTS
Saturday, 3 September 1966
Won
17th (+3)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 15,552
Manchester City
Villa Park
2-1-2, 5 PTS
Villa manage three times as many goals in one game as they had scored in their previous four as they win for the first time in five games and for the first time this season. Villa climb to joint 17th in the table alongside Fulham and sit a point clear of the relegation places after five games under Dick Taylor.
Aston Villa
3-0
Manchester City
Assist(s) | Tony Hateley | 27' | 78' | Willie Hamilton | 50' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 September 1966
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Lew Chatterley, Assist by Tony Hateley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-0, Tony Hateley, Assist by Willie Hamilton
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 3-0, Mick Wright, Assist by Tony Hateley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Manchester City
ON THIS DAY
Dick Taylor's Villa win for the first time this season to make it a win, a draw and three defeats so far this season. As a result, Taylor had now won four of his last ten games.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Manchester City
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1955-56
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Saturday, 3 September 1966
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: John Osbourne | 🏴 | Ipswich, 1961-1970
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 106 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 16 🟥 49 | 1.31
Career Form:
Mid Table
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Osbourne | 🏴 | Ipswich, 1961-1970
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
John Osbourne
CARDS
Villa
None
Manchester City
None
TEAM NEWS
Dick Taylor names an unchanged line up for the first time this season.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.09 |
Oldest Player |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴 | 28.56 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | 19.95 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
Manchester City
GK Harry Dowd | 🏴 |
LB Glyn Pardoe | 🏴 |
RB Tony Book | 🏴 |
WH Bobby Kennedy | 🏴 |
CH George Heslop | 🏴 |
M Colin Bell | 🏴 |
M Alan Oakes | 🏴 |
W Mike Summerbee | 🏴 |
IF Neil Young | 🏴 |
IF Johnny Crossan | 🇬🇧 |
CF Jimmy Murray | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Dave Roberts | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
IF Matt Gray | 🏴 |
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
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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