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Game #2904

Aston Villa

2-1-7, 5 PTS

Saturday, 1 October 1966

Aston Villa

2-3

Liverpool

Division One

Liverpool

5-3-2, 13 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,920

Lost

20th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Assist(s) | Johnny MacLeod | 40' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa concede their twentieth goal in four successive defeats as tedious Tony promises a seventh transfer request but doesn’t seem to have wondered why no-one is actually queuing up for his signature. Villa remain 20th in the table and out of the relegation places on goal average.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 1 October 1966

🟢 | 1’ Debut, John Woodward
🥅 | 31’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Ian St. John
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 1-1, Tony Hateley, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 2-1, Tony Hateley, pen
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 2-2, (Liverpool), Callaghan
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 2-3, (Liverpool), Graham
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Liverpool

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's Villa concede their twentieth goal in four games as they are beaten for the fourth successive game to make it two wins, one draw and seven defeats in ten League games so far this season. Meanwhile, forward John Woodward made his Villa debut aged 19 after moving from Stoke City earlier this month for a fee of £27,500.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Liverpool

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1965-66

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Liverpool

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #112 |
Saturday, 1 October 1966

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Ken Stokes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newark, -1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 112 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 16 🟥 54 | 1.27

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Stokes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newark, -1966
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Dick Taylor hands John Woodward his debut in place of Mike Tindall.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.84 |

Oldest Player |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 28.64 |

Youngest Player |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.72 |

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bill Shankly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Tommy Lawrence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Chris Lawler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Yeats | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Tommy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ian Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Peter Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Strong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bobby Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ian St. John | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Roger Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Ted MacDougall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

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

🟢 F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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