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
PROGRAMME
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