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Game #2913

Aston Villa

6-3-10, 15 PTS

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Saturday, 3 December 1966

19th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Lew Chatterley

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

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 2 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Dick Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.98 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.58 |

Youngest Player |
W Dave Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.97 |

  • 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.

  • Villa record a surprise victory over League leaders Manchester United to climb out of the relegation places to 19th and level on points with Sunderland and Fulham two points clear of the drop after 19 games. 

  • The game though is notable for more appalling behaviour from Nobby Stiles. The football thug manages to get Lew Chatterley booked to boot.

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Won

2-1

🟩 3 Dec 1966, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Tony Scott | 21' | Lew Chatterley | 81' |

Assist(s) | Tony Scott | 81' |

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
🟨 | Booking, Lew Chatterley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United

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

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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1958-1969
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1958-1969

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Total 🕒 91 | 🟩 34 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 41 | ⚽ 154 | 🥅 172 |
League 🕒 83 | 🟩 32 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 35 | ⚽ 144 | 🥅 150 |
FA Cup 🕒 7 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 18 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 44 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 104 | 🥅 71 |
Away 🕒 46 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 48 | 🥅 100 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 1 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🕒 121 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 18 🟥 57 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
94
🟩
37
🟨
0
94
🟨
16
🟥
0
0
🟥
41
0
🥅
21
166
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
251
🟩
94
🟨
1
251
🟨
47
🟥
0
5
🟥
110
13
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
223
🟩
84
🟨
1
223
🟨
40
🟥
0
0
🟥
99
1
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
30
🟩
12
🟨
0
29
🟨
6
🟥
0
0
🟥
12
0
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
47
🟩
19
🟨
1
46
🟨
9
🟥
0
15
🟥
19
2
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
120
🟩
40
🟨
1
120
🟨
24
🟥
0
8
🟥
56
6
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
94
🟩
40
🟨
0
93
🟨
11
🟥
0
14
🟥
43
28
CF Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
6
🟩
2
🟨
0
6
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
2
0
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
224
🟩
81
🟨
0
224
🟨
52
🟥
0
9
🟥
91
13
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
44
🟩
14
🟨
0
42
🟨
6
🟥
0
3
🟥
24
9
W Dave Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
13
🟩
6
🟨
1
13
🟨
2
🟥
0
1
🟥
5
2
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Manchester United

13-1-5, 27 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 40,016

GK Alex Stepney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby Noble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB David Sadler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Crerand | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Nobby Stiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🤡 |
W John Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George Best | 🇬🇧 |
CF Denis Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Herd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

W Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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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.

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