Game #2903
Aston Villa
2-1-6, 5 PTS
Saturday, 24 September 1966
Lost
20th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 22,065
Leicester City
Filbert Street
4-4-1, 12 PTS
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
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 September 1966
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Jimmy 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), Jackie 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
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Leicester City
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
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 111 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 16 🟥 53 | 1.28
Career Form:
Mid Table
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Vernon Batty
CARDS
Villa
None
Leicester City
None
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 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 | 20.66 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Dick Taylor | 🏴 |
Matt Gillies | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴 |
Leicester City
GK Gordon Banks | 🏴 |
LB Richie Norman | 🏴 |
CB Graham Cross | 🏴 |
D John Sjoberg | 🏴 |
M Peter Rodrigues | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Goodfellow | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Bobby Roberts | 🏴 |
M Dave Gibson | 🏴 |
W Jackie Sinclair | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Mike Stringfellow | 🏴 |
CF Derek Dougan (ex) | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
LB David Nish | 🏴 |
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
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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