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Game #2875

Aston Villa

Saturday, 22 January 1966

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

FA Cup

Leicester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 38,015

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Leicester City

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Assist(s) | Tony Hateley | 33' |

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 22 January 1966

⚽ | 33' Goal, 1-0, Phil Woosnam, Assist by Tony Hateley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Leicester City
🥅 | 74' Goal, 1-1, (Leicester City), Derek Dougan
🥅 | 78' Goal, 1-2, (Leicester City), Mike Stringfellow
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 22 January 1966

Dick Taylor's Villa lose for the second time in three as they are knocked out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle by Leicester despite playing on home turf.

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #30 |
Manager Game | #83 |
Saturday, 22 January 1966

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🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: George McCabe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1954-1969
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 83 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 12 🟥 36 | 1.41

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: George McCabe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1954-1969
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dick Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.96 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 33.11 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.34 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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

Matt Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Gordon Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Richie Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Graham Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Rodrigues | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bobby Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Appleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Goodfellow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jackie Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Mike Stringfellow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Derek Dougan (ex) | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 22 Jan 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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