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Game #2938

Saturday, 13 May 1967

Attendance: 20,855

Lost

Division One

21st (-)

Southampton

DLLLL

The Dell

Villa are humiliated by their relegation rivals on the final day as they concede ten goals in their final two games of the season. Villa had lost eight of their last eleven games, winning once as they collapsed from relative comfort to finish 21st in the table, four points from safety.

Southampton

6-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

11’ Goal, 1-0, Walker o.g.
42’ Goal, 1-1, (Southampton), Chivers
43’ Goal, 1-2, (Southampton), Davies
FT Southampton 2-1 Aston Villa
58’ Goal, 2-2, Barry Stobart
68’ Goal, 2-3, (Southampton), Davies
78’ Goal, 2-4, (Southampton), Chivers
81’ Goal, 2-3, (Southampton, pen), Davies
88’ Goal, 2-3, (Southampton), Davies
FT Southampton 6-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Dick Taylor's relegated Villa end the season with a wretched set of statistics that couldn’t mask the deficiencies of Taylor’s regime and the team on the pitch.

One win in the final thirteen games.

Four successive defeats to end the season.

Twenty five defeats in forty two games

Four defeats conceding six.

Six defeats conceding five or more.

Fittingly ending the season with a final day six goal concession.

It was however mid season when the heavy defeats became narrow losses that relegation became an almost certain denouement.

The only surprise was that there was one worse team in the division - Blackpool - who took up last place.

Regardless, 1966-67 would be Taylor’s final season in charge as Villa faced up to life in the second tier.

Aston Villa

Southampton

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Southampton: | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Saturday, 13 May 1967

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Dick Taylor |
Referee | Peter Walters, Bridgewater |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 2-6 |
Last 5 Games | DLLLL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Devon, 1965-1976
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

Southampton

TEAM NEWS

Mike Tindall, Dave Rudge and Lionel Martin (debut) replace Mick Wright, Johnny MacLeod and Graham Parker.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.34 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 34.02 |

Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 19.32 |

MANAGER

Dick Taylor

MANAGER

Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek |
D Keith Bradley |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Mike Tindall |
M Dave Rudge |
M Lionel Martin |
M Willie Anderson |
M Lew Chatterley |
F Peter Broadbent |
CF Barry Stobart |

Southampton

Martin, Walker, Hollywood, Knapp, Webb, Fisher, Melia, Paine, Sydenham, Chivers (g) (g), Davies (g) (g) (g) (g).

Manager: Ted Bates.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Dave Pountney |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

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 am sick and tired of struggling in every match.

"I'm 23 now and ever since I got in the first team at 17 I seem to have been struggling match after match.

“Every time I go home after a game and my wife asks how it went. I fly off the handle."

John Sleeuwenhoek sums up life at Villa.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Wednesday, 10 May 1967