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Game #2877

Aston Villa

10-3-13, 23 PTS

Saturday, 5 February 1966

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Lost

15th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Leicester City

12-5-10, 29 PTS

Filbert Street

Attendance: 21,073

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

Leicester City

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Willie Hamilton | 81' |

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 February 1966

🥅 | 35' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Graham Cross
🕒 | HT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 81' Goal, 1-1, Tony Hateley, Assist by Willie Hamilton
🔁 | 81' Sub off, Alan Deakin, Sub on, Dave Pountney
🥅 | 86' Goal, 1-2, (Leicester City), Bobby Roberts
🕒 | FT Leicester City 2-1 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

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 February 1966
  • A better performance but Villa are out of luck as they lose a third game in succession and fall to 15th in the table as their FA Cup conquerers win again. 

  • Dick Taylor's Villa lose for the fourth time in five and for the third successive game to make it ten wins, two draws and fourteen defeats in twenty six League matches.

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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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

Leicester City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

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

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #85 |
Saturday, 5 February 1966

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🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Leslie Hamer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1957-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🕒 85 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 12 🟥 38 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leslie Hamer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1957-1968

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

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Alan Deakin, Mike Tindall, Johnny MacLeod and Phil Woosnam replace Dave Pountney, Barry Stobart, Graham Parker and Tony Scott.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.98 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 33.15 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.38 |

Referee

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Matt Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

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

Line Ups

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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D Max Dougan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 5 Feb 1966, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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