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Game #2906

Aston Villa

3-1-8, 7 PTS

Saturday, 15 October 1966

Lost

21st (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Attendance: 31,128

West Bromwich Albion

The Hawthorns

4-1-7, 9 PTS

West Brom

2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Lew Chatterley | 47' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose to Albion and fall into the bottom two on goal average, meanwhile Albion court controversy after using their injury sub for the uninjured Hope.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 15 October 1966

🥅 | 16’ Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Jeff Astle
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 0-2, (West Bromwich Albion), Dick Krzywicki
🔁 | 35’ Sub off, John Woodward, Sub on, Dave Rudge
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 1-2, Bobby Park, Assist by Lew Chatterley
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's Villa lose for the fifth time in six games to make it three wins, one draw and eight defeats in twelve League games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

West Bromwich Albion

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

West Bromwich Albion

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #114 |
Saturday, 15 October 1966

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 114 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 16 🟥 55 | 1.27

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

West Bromwich Albion

None

TEAM NEWS

Dick Taylor names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 22.92 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 27.91 |

Youngest Player |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.76 |

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Dave Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Hagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Ray Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Campbell Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Graham Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Doug Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CH Stan Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Collard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Hope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Dick Krzywicki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Clive Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jeff Astle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF John Kaye | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Bobby Hope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Graham Lovett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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