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Game #2882

Aston Villa

12-4-15, 28 PTS

Saturday, 5 March 1966

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Lost

13th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

West Ham United

10-8-13, 28 PTS

Upton Park

Attendance: 22,074

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

West Ham United

4-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tony Scott | 51' | Johnny MacLeod | 86' |

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 March 1966

🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Jack Burkett
🥅 | 8' Goal, 0-2, (West Ham United), Johnny Byrne
🕒 | HT West Ham United 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 51' Goal, 1-2, Johnny MacLeod, Assist by Tony Scott
🥅 | 74' Goal, 1-3, (West Ham United), Peter Brabook
🥅 | 83' Goal, 1-4, (West Ham United), Geoff Hurst
⚽ | 86' Goal, 2-4, Tony Hateley, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🕒 | FT West Ham United 4-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 March 1966

Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa lose for the fifth time in eight to make it twelve wins, three draws and sixteen defeats in thirty one League matches.

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton 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

West Ham United

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

Aston Villa

West Ham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #90 |
Saturday, 5 March 1966

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🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: D. F. Wells | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Luton, -1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
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

🕒 90 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 13 🟥 40 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: D. F. Wells | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Luton, 1966
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dick Taylor names the same line up for the third consecutive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.35 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 33.22 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.45 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton 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 Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Ron Greenwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Jim Standen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Jack Burkett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
D Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dennis Burnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Bovington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ron Boyce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Brabrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Brian Dear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Johnny Byrne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Geoff Hurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W John Sissons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton 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

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

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 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton 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

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 5 Mar 1966, Villa 2-4 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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