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Appearances:

148

Starts:

148

Substitute:

0

Unused:

0

Goals:

86

Games per Goal:

1.72

Assists:

22

Goal Involvements:

108

Player #499

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Citizenship:

Position:

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Centre Forward

1963-64

1966-67

4

1
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Tony Hateley

Tony Hateley

Seasons Quick-View

Season

1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67

Age

22
23
24
25

Division

D1
D1
D1
D1

Squad #

#
#
#
#

Appearances

39
53
44
12

Starts

39
53
44
12

Subs

0
0
0
0

Unused

0
0
0
0

Goals

19
34
28
5

Assists

4
7
8
3

Bookings

0
0
1
0

Red Cards

0
0
0
0

Games / Goals

2.05
1.56
1.57
2.40

Goal

Involvements

23
41
36
8

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

Goalkeeping Statistics

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19
20
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67

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🥅 : Goals Conceded; 🔢 : Goals Conceded per Game; ⛔ : Clean Sheets.

Anthony Hateley

Birth Date

13 June 1941

Birth Place

Derby

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams

1958-63 Notts County
Football League Third Division, Fourth Division
🕒 131 | ⚽ 77 | (League)

Transfer in

Aged

21

From

Notts County

For

£22,000

On

May 1963

Under

Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

Transfer In

Under

Transfer In

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out

Aged

25

Chelsea

To

For

£100,000

On

October 1966

Under

Dick Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Subsequent Clubs

1966-67 Chelsea
Football League First Division
🕒 27 | 26 (1) | ⚽ 6 | (League)

1967-68 Liverpool
Football League First Division
🕒 42 | 42 (0) | ⚽ 17 | (League)

1968-69 Coventry City
Football League First Division
🕒 17 | 17 (0) | ⚽ 4 | (League)

1969-70 Birmingham City
Football League Second Division
🕒 28 | 28 (0) | ⚽ 6 | (League)

1970-72 Notts County
Football League Fourth Division, Third Division
🕒 57 | 57 (0) | ⚽ 32 | (League)

1973-74 Oldham Athletic
Football League Third Division
🕒 5 | 1 (4) | ⚽ 1 | (League)

1974 Boston Minutemen
NASL
🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 |

1974-75 Bromsgrove Rovers
Southern League Division One North

1975-76 Prescot Town
Mid Cheshire League Division One

1976-77 Barrow
Northern Premier League

1977 Retired aged 36

Died

1 February 2014, Aged 72

Villa Career

1963-66 £22k
Football League First Division
🕒 148 | 148 (0) | ⚽ 86 | #499 |

Appearances

Unused

148

0

Goals

86

Played Under

Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1963-64
Dick Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1964-66

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

(First Squad)

Manager

First Goal

1963-64

24 August 1963

Nottingham Forest (a), Division One

22

Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

24 August 1963

Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

24 August 1963

Appearances

Goals

148

86

Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

1966-67

22 October 1966

Sheffield United (h), Division One

Aged

Manager

(Final Squad)

Manager

Dick Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

25

22 October 1966

Dick Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

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England

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

🕒 0 | ⚽ 0 |

Caps with Villa

🕒 0 | ⚽ 0 |

Tony Hateley

Player #499 for Aston Villa, Anthony Hateley, known as Tony Hateley, played as a centre forward for the club.

Tony played for Villa between 1963-64 and 1966-67 making 148 appearances and scoring 86 goals.

Tony was born in Derby on 13 June 1941 and made a goalscoring debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 24 August 1963 aged 22.

Villa had signed Tony from Notts County for a fee of £22,000 earlier in August 1963 as a replacement for the troublesome and under-performing Derek Dougan.

The difference in the players however was acute, Tony could score but football at times seemed alien to him and he relied on more talented players to create the chances upon which his undoubted finishing capacity could capitalise.

Hateley was indebted to Phil Woosnam and Harry Burrows and later Tony Scott and Johnny MacLeod for many of his goals and although his heading was his key attribute he developed his abilities with his feet during his time with Villa.

Despite his limitations Tony immediately hit the goal trail for Villa, hitting 17 goals in his first season and then hit 34 and 28 respectively in the following two seasons before his ambition got the better of him and he demanded a move away from the club, and players, who had been so crucial in his development.

In truth however he played for the club in an era lacking success and after successive bottom 8 finishes in Division One he moved on.

Tony played his final game for Villa on Saturday, 22 October 1966 aged just 25, he moved on to Chelsea for a fee of £100,000.

Not the first and not the last casualty of a difficult period in Villa’s history.

By the end of that season Villa were relegated and didn’t return to top flight football for 9 seasons.

Yet Hateley’s career also went into decline just like the club he left, failing at Chelsea and then having the ignominy of playing for Coventry and Birmingham, toiling to little effect.

Tony had played under Villa managers Joe Mercer and Dick Taylor

Tony passed away in Preston on 1 February 2014 aged 72

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