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Manager #9

Seasons:

1964-67

Games Managed:

146

Points per Game:

1.22

Win Rate:

35.62%

Dick Taylor

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From:

Saturday, 22 August 1964

To:

Saturday, 13 May 1967

Seasons:

3

Dick Taylor

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Seasons

1964-65
1965-66
1966-67

Age*

46
47
48

Division

D1
D1
D1

Position

16th
16th
21st

Games

146
53
48
45

Won

52
22
18
12

Drew

22
8
7
7

Lost

72
23
23
26

Win %

36%
42%
38%
27%

Lost %

49%
43%
48%
58%

Unbeaten %

51%
57%
52%
42%

Goals For

225
81
88
56

Goals Vs.

275
94
89
92

Goal diff

-50
-13
-1
-36

Goals / game

1.54
1.53
1.83
1.24

Conc / game

1.88
1.77
1.85
2.04

Clean sheets

19.86%
42%
16.67%
17.78%

Points / game

1.22
1.4
1.27
0.96

*Age on opening day of the season

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Dick Taylor

Full Name

Richard Eric Taylor

Birth Date

9 April 1918

Birth Place

Wolverhampton

Birth Country

England

Joined Club

1958

Appointed Manager

August 1964

Joined From

Coaching Staff

Aged

46

In

1958

Succeeded

Joe Mercer

Left Position

May 1967

Aged

49

Due to

Poor form, Sacked

Succeeded by

Tommy Cummings

Key Players

1959-70 Alan Deakin | 1960-68 John Sleeuwenhoek | 1960-76 Charlie Aitken | 1962-66 Phil Woosnam | 1962-71 Lew Chatterley | 1963-67 Tony Hateley | 1963-73 Mick Wright | 1966-73 Willie Anderson |

Supported by

Served under

1964-66
Chairman, Christopher Buckley
Club Secretary, Fred Archer

1966-67
Chairman, Norman Smith
Club Secretary, Fred Archer

Died

1995, aged 77

Previous Clubs Managed

1954-56 Scunthorpe United, Coach
1956-58 Sheffield United, Coach

Trophies Won

Villa Management Career

Games

146

Win Rate

35.62%

Loss Rate

49.32%

Unbeaten Rate

50.68%

Points per game

1.22

Honours

Managed the Villa

Runners Up

Villa Managerial Debut

22 August 1964, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park

Final Villa Managerial Game

13 May 1967, Villa 2-6 Southampton, The Dell

League finishes

1964-65 | 16th Division One |
1965-66 | 16th Division One |
1966-67 | 21st Division One | Relegated |

FA Cup finishes

1964-65 | 5th Round |
1965-66 | 3rd Round |
1966-67 | 4th Round |

League Cup finishes

1964-65 | Semi Final |
1965-66 | Quarter Final |
1966-67 | 2nd Round |

European finishes

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

Trophies Won

Dick Taylor

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