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Game #2914

Aston Villa

6-3-11, 15 PTS

Saturday, 10 December 1966

Stoke City

6-1

Aston Villa

Division One

Stoke

11-3-6, 25 PTS

Victoria Ground

Attendance: 20,240

Lost

19th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | Dave Roberts | 20' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa concede five or more for the fifth time this season as they are destroyed by Stoke as former Villain Harry Burrows hits a hat-trick to leave Villa two points off the relegation places.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 December 1966

🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Stoke City), George Eastham
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-1, Johnny MacLeod, Assist by Dave Roberts
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 1-2, (Stoke City), Harry Burrows
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 1-3, (Stoke City), Harry Burrows
🕒 | HT Stoke City 3-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-4, (Stoke City), Peter Dobing
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 1-5, (Stoke City), Harry Burrows
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 1-6, (Stoke City), Roy Vernon
🕒 | FT Stoke City 6-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa lose for the second time in three and concede six goals for the third time as former Villa man Harry Burrows does it again - scoring a hat-trick to help Stoke destroy his old club - to make it six wins, three draws and eleven defeats in twenty League games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

Stoke

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Stoke

Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #122 |
Saturday, 10 December 1966

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-6
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 122 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 18 🟥 58 | 1.28

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 29 Jan 1966, Villa 0-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Bobby Park replaces Tony Scott whilst full back Wilson Briggs, 24, is named in the squad for the first time since April 1963.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.52 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.59 |

Youngest Player |
W Dave Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.98 |

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Dave Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tony Waddington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Stoke

GK John Farmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Eric Skeels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Philpott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Calvin Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Bloor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Maurice Setters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F George Eastham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter Dobing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dennis Viollet | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Roy Vernon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Wilson Briggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Tony Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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Injury | 3 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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