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Game #2913

Saturday, 3 December 1966

Attendance: 40,016

Won

Division One

17th= (+1)

Manchester United

WLDLW

Villa Park

Villa record a surprise victory over League leaders Manchester United to climb out of the relegation places to joint 17th alongside Sunderland and Fulham two points clear of the drop after 19 games. The game though is notable for more appalling behaviour from Nobby Stiles.

Aston Villa

2-1

Manchester United

Assist(s) | Tony Scott | 81' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

21’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Scott
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester United
75’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United), Herd
80’ Goal, 2-1, Lew Chatterley, Assist by Tony Scott
FT Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United

Cards.
Booking, Lew Chatterley

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa win for the first time in four to make it six wins, three draws and ten defeats in nineteen League games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Manchester United

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1964-65

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. Manchester United: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #121 |
Saturday, 3 December 1966

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | WLDLW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

Manchester United

Leo Callaghan

TEAM NEWS

Dick Taylor names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.98 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 33.58 |

Youngest Player |
W Dave Roberts | 19.97 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Dick Taylor

Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers |
D Keith Bradley |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Lew Chatterley |
M Alan Deakin |
M Mike Tindall |
W Johnny MacLeod |
W Dave Roberts |
W Tony Scott |
F Peter Broadbent |

Manchester United

Stepney, Noble, Dunne, Charlton, Sadler, Crerand, Stiles, Herd (g), Aston, Law, Best.

Manager: Matt Busby.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

RB Mick Wright |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

John Woodward
Willie Hamilton

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

I saw Stiles and Tony Scott having an argument near the touchline and the linesman waving his flag to attract the referee's attention.

“I went over to try and break up the argument but only got near enough to put my hand on Stiles shoulder.

“The next thing I knew he had hit me.

“The referee took my name. and he told me not to do it again or he would send me off.

“I couldn't understand what he meant."

Lew Chatterley.

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"Something happened between two players which demanded their names being taken.

“l did not see it myself. The action I took was on the word of the linesman.”

Referee Leo Callaghan.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 5 December 1966