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Game #2898

Aston Villa

1-1-3, 3 PTS

Saturday, 3 September 1966

Aston Villa

3-0

Manchester City

Division One

Manchester City

2-1-2, 5 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 15,552

Won

17th (+3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Assist(s) | Tony Hateley | 27' | 78' | Willie Hamilton | 50' |

MATCH SUMMARY

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.

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

Villa Vs.

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ipswich, 1961-1970
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 3 November 1965, Villa 1-1 Fulham. Craven Cottage.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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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

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Dave Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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IF Matt Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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