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Game #2903

Saturday, 24 September 1966

Attendance: 22,065

Lost

Division One

20th= (-1)

Leicester City

LWLLL

Filbert Street

Villa concede their seventeen goal in three games to make it seven defeats in ten games, a fifth game without scoring, and five points from a possibly eighteen to leave Dick Taylor’s hapless side 20th in the table and only out of the relegation places on goal average.

Leicester City

5-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

17’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Goodfellow
HT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
59’ Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Derek Dougan
77’ Goal, 0-3, (Leicester City), Derek Dougan
80’ Goal, 0-4, (Leicester City), Derek Dougan
85’ Goal, 0-5, (Leicester City), Sinclair
FT Leicester City 5-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's Villa concede seventeen goals in three games as they are hammered for the third successive game - with former Villa player Derek Dougan hitting a hat-trick - to make it two wins, one draw and six defeats in nine League games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Leicester City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #111 |
Saturday, 24 September 1966

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-5 |
Last 5 Games | LWLLL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

Leicester City

Vernon Batty

TEAM NEWS

Keith Bradley, Willie Hamilton and Dave Pountney replace Mick Wright, Lew Chatterley and Bobby Park.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |

Oldest Player |
F Willie Hamilton | 28.62 |

Youngest Player |
D Keith Bradley | 20.66 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Dick Taylor

Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers |
D Keith Bradley |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Alan Deakin |
M Dave Pountney |
M Mike Tindall |
W Johnny MacLeod |
W Tony Scott |
CF Tony Hateley |
F Willie Hamilton |

Leicester City

Banks, Sjoberg, Norman, Cross, Rodrigues, Goodfellow (g), Roberts, Sinclair (g), Gibson, Dougan (ex) (g) (g) (g), Stringfellow.

Manager: Matt Gillies.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Lew Chatterley |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 26 September 1966