Game #2898
Aston Villa
1-1-3, 3 PTS

Saturday, 3 September 1966
17th (+3)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
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 | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
Dick Taylor | 🏴 | 1964-1967

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
W Dave Roberts | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
None
Dick Taylor names an unchanged line up for the first time this season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.09 |
Oldest Player |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴 | 28.56 |
Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | 19.95 |
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.
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.

Won
3-0
🟩 3 Sep 1966, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Lew Chatterley | 27' | Tony Hateley | 50' | Mick Wright | 78' |
Assist(s) | Tony Hateley | 27' | 78' | Willie Hamilton | 50' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 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
Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Saturday, 3 September 1966
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: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Referee: John Osbourne | 🏴 | Ipswich, 1961-1970
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Total 🕒 93 | 🟩 40 | 🟨 20 | 🟥 33 | ⚽ 164 | 🥅 147 |
League 🕒 87 | 🟩 38 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 30 | ⚽ 155 | 🥅 134 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |
Home 🕒 48 | 🟩 31 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 105 | 🥅 50 |
Away 🕒 44 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 25 | ⚽ 58 | 🥅 75 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Dick Taylor | 🏴 | 1964-1967
🕒 106 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 16 🟥 49 | 1.31
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Manchester City
2-1-2, 5 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 15,552
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 | 🏴 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
IF Matt Gray | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1955-56
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded


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