Player #517
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Career Status:
1966-67
1968-69
Retired
John Woodward
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1966-68 🕒 29 | 24 (5) | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 3 | #517 |
Season :
1966-67 | 1967-68 | 1968-69 |
Age :
19 | 20 | 21 |
Division :
D1 | D2 | D2 |
Squad # :
# | # | # |
Appearances :
3 | 12 | 14 |
Starts :
3 | 9 | 12 |
Substitute :
0 | 3 | 2 |
Unused :
0 | 2 | 1 |
Goals :
2 | 3 | 3 |
Assists :
0 | 3 | 0 |
Involvements :
2 | 6 | 3 |
Games / Goal :
1.50 | 4.00 | 4.67 |
Bookings :
0 | 0 | 0 |
Sendings Off :
0 | 0 | 0 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
John Woodward
Birth Date
16 January 1947
Birth Place
Stoke-on-Trent
Birth Country
England
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
1964-66 Stoke City
Football League First Division
🕒 11 | 10 (1) | ⚽ 1 | (League)
Original Transfer
Aged
19
From
Stoke
For
£27,500
On
1 October 1966
Under
Dick Taylor 🏴
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
22
Walsall
Free
May 1969
Tommy Docherty 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
1969-73 Walsall
Football League Third Division
🕒 125 | 116 (9) | ⚽ 23 | (League)
1973-75 Port Vale
Football League Third Division
🕒 99 | 88 (11) | ⚽ 30 | (League)
1975-77 Scunthorpe United
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 19 | 16 (3) | ⚽ 5 | (League)
1977 Retired aged 30
John Woodward
Villa Career
1966-68 | £27.5k |
1966-67 Football League First Division, 1967-68 Football League Second Division,
🕒 29 | 24 (5) | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 3 | #517 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Dick Taylor 🏴 1966
Tommy Cummings 🏴 1967-68
Arthur Cox 🏴 1968
Tommy Docherty 🏴 1968
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Transfer In
Under
Dick Taylor 🏴
First Squad
1 October 1966
Manager
Transfer In
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1966-67
1 October 1966
Liverpool (h), Division One
19
Dick Taylor 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1968-69
21 December 1968
Norwich City (h), Division Two
21
Tommy Docherty 🏴
Final Squad
21 December 1968
Manager
Tommy Docherty 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
(6 ft 0 in) 1.83 m
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
John Woodward
Player #516 for Aston Villa, John Woodward, nicknamed Woodie played as a forward for the club. John played for Villa between 1966-67 and 1968-69 making 37 appearances and scoring 8 goals.
John was born in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent on 16 January 1947 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 1 October 1966 aged 19.
Villa had signed John from Stoke City on 1 October 1966 for a fee of £30,000.
John had scored his first senior goal - for Stoke - on 27 March 1965, in a 2–1 victory over Villa at the Victoria Ground however he wasn’t a regular starter for the club. Villa however saw enough potential to spend big on John as a replacement for Tony Hateley, who had been sold to Chelsea.
During his time with Villa, John suffered relegation in 1966–67, and could only finish 16th and 18th in the Second Division in 1967–68 and 1968–69.
In total John scored seven goals in 26 league games during a turbulent time at Villa Park, in which Dick Taylor, Tommy Cummings, and Tommy Docherty all had brief spells as manager.
John played his final game for Villa on Saturday, 21 December 1968 aged just 21 and he moved on to Walsall at the end of that season on 1 May 1969.