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Game #2918

Aston Villa

8-3-13, 19 PTS

Saturday, 31 December 1966

Aston Villa

0-1

Arsenal

Division One

Arsenal

8-7-9, 23 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,440

Lost

19th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa are beaten 1-0 after an ultra defensive Arsenal performance and a controversial offside decision against Dick Taylor's men.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 31 December 1966

💥 | 15' Referee Cooke disallows a legitimate Villa goal for offside
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Frank McLintock
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Johnny MacLeod, Sub on, Dave Roberts
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa lose for the second time in three to make it eight wins, three draws and thirteen defeats in twenty four League games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952–53

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #126 |
Saturday, 31 December 1966

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Colin Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, -1966 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 126 | 🟩 | 48 🟨 18 🟥 60 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Colin Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1966 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Really poor offside decision with an opposition player on the goalline costs Villa
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 30 Apr 1966, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Dick Taylor names the same line up for a fourth successive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.79 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.65 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.28 |

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bertie Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Jim Furnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ure | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Peter Storey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bob McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jon Sammels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Addison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Graham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Gordon Neilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Dave Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Tom Walley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

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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