Player #500
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1963-64
1966-67
Retired
Tony Hateley
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1963-66 🕒 148 | 148 (0) | ⚽ 86 | 🔥 22 | 🇺 0 | #500 |
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 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals :
19 | 34 | 28 | 5 |
Assists :
4 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
Involvements :
23 | 41 | 36 | 8 |
Games / Goal :
2.05 | 1.56 | 1.57 | 2.40 |
Bookings :
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sendings Off :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
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 (incl. Youth)
1958-63 Notts County
Football League Third Division, Fourth Division
🕒 131 | ⚽ 77 | (League)
Original Transfer
Aged
21
From
Notts County
For
£22,000
On
May 1963
Under
Joe Mercer 🏴
Returning Transfer 1
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Returning Transfer 2
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Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
25
Chelsea
£100,000
October 1966
Dick Taylor 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
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For
On
Under
n/a
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Transfer Out 3
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For
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Under
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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
Tony Hateley
Villa Career
1963-66 | £22k |
Football League First Division,
🕒 148 | 148 (0) | ⚽ 86 | 🔥 22 | 🇺 0 | #500 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Joe Mercer 🏴 1963-64
Dick Taylor 🏴 1964-66
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Transfer In
Under
Joe Mercer 🏴
First Squad
24 August 1963
Manager
Transfer In
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1963-64
24 August 1963
Nottingham Forest (a), Division One
22
Joe Mercer 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1966-67
22 October 1966
Sheffield United (h), Division One
25
Dick Taylor 🏴
Final Squad
22 October 1966
Manager
Dick Taylor 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
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