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Villa Matches Refereed by

Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, -1965

🟥 21 August 1965, Villa 0-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

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Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, -1965

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #2846

Division One

20th (-4)

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Sheffield United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Sheffield United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Alan Birchenhall
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 0-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 9 Dec 1961, Villa 3-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

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Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, -1965

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 30' | 48' | Bobby Thomson | 83' |

Assist(s) | Derek Dougan | 30' | 48' | Ron Wylie | 83' |

Game #2667

Division One

7th (+1)

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Ipswich Town

None

Referee Record

Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | 🔥 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 30' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Derek Dougan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Ipswich Town
⚽ | 48' Goal, 2-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Derek Dougan
⚽ | 83' Goal, 3-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Ipswich Town

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟩 4 Oct 1958, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, Villa Park

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Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, -1965

Scorer(s) | Ken Barrett | 35' | 53' |

Assist(s) | Les Smith | 35' | Gerry Hitchens | 53' |

Game #2501

Division One

22nd (-1)

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Newcastle United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Sharples | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ken Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Ken Barrett
⚽ | 35' Goal, 1-0, Ken Barrett, Assist by Les Smith
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United
⚽ | 53' Goal, 2-0, Ken Barrett, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 66' Goal, 2-1, (Newcastle United), Len White
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Newcastle United

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury

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Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, -1965

Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 61' |

Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 61' |

Game #2379

FA Cup

4th Round

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, -1965
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Arsenal

None

Referee Record

Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, -1965

Starting XI

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Groves
🥅 | 20' Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Tapscott
🥅 | 44' Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Tapscott
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-3 Arsenal
🥅 | 60' Goal, 0-4, (Arsenal, pen), Charlton
⚽ | 61' Goal, 1-4, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Jackie Sewell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-4 Arsenal

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟥 16 Feb 1952, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Villa Park

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Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, -1965

Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 44' | Davy Walsh | 89' |

Assist(s) | None

Game #2198

Division One

5th=

Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, -1965
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Stoke

None

Referee Record

Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, -1965

Starting XI

GK Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
F Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 14' Goal, 0-1, (Stoke)
🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-2, (Stoke)
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, (Stoke), Derek Herod
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, (Stoke), McCue
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-2, Own Goal, Alan Martin
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Stoke
💥 | Outfield player Sammy Smyth takes over from Derek Herod in goal
💥 | Derek Herod moves to outside right
🥅 | 50' Goal, 1-3, (Stoke), Derek Herod
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 2-3, Davy Walsh
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Stoke

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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