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Game #2846

Aston Villa

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Saturday, 21 August 1965

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Lost

20th (-4)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield United

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Bramall Lane

Attendance: 15,575

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

Sheffield United

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

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

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 August 1965

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

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

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

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 August 1965

  • Villa lose at Bramall Lane on the opening day of the 1965-66 campaign under Dick Taylor.

  • Dick Taylor's Villa open the season with a defeat and end a run of eight unbeaten from 1964-65.

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

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Sheffield United

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield United

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Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 21 August 1965

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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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: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🕒 54 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 8 🟥 24 | 1.37

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

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

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Lew Chatterley is named as Villa's first ever 'substitute'. For 1965-66 teams could name a “twelfth man” who could be used to replace an injured player with the first twelfth man position going to Chatterley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.15 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 32.68 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.92 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

GK Alan Hodgkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Len Badger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Reg Matthewson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ken Mallender | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Munks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Birchenall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tony Wagstaff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gil Reece | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Keith Kettleborough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Graham Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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