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Game #2870

Aston Villa

7-3-10, 17 PTS

Saturday, 4 December 1965

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Drew

13th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division One

Arsenal

8-6-5, 22 PTS

Highbury

Attendance: 25,890

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

3-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tony Scott | 22' | Mick Wright | 66' | Phil Woosnam | 72' |

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 December 1965

⚽ | 22' Goal, 1-0, Tony Hateley, Assist by Tony Scott
🥅 | 43' Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), George Eastham
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 66' Goal, 2-1, Graham Parker, Assist by Mick Wright
⚽ | 72' Goal, 3-1, Willie Hamilton, Assist by Phil Woosnam
🥅 | 84' Goal, 3-2, (Arsenal), Alan Skirton
🥅 | 86' Goal, 3-3, (Arsenal), Alan Skirton
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-3 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

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 December 1965

Dick Taylor's Villa score three goals for the first time since September but can only draw as they are now without a win in six to make it seven wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty League matches.


Villa stop the rot after four consecutive defeats but it could have been so much more as they led 3-1 at Highbury with just six minutes left to play.

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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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

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952–53

FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #78 |
Saturday, 4 December 1965

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🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Maurice Fussey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Retford, 1963-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🕒 78 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 12 🟥 34 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Maurice Fussey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Retford, 1963-1971

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

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Colin Withers and Graham Parker replace John Gavan and Ray Bloomfield.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.82 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 32.97 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.21 |

Referee

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Billy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Tony Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Storey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Don Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CH Terry Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M David Court | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Skirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Radford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Eastham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Peter Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 4 Dec 1965, Villa 3-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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