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Game #2885

Aston Villa

12-5-17, 29 PTS

Saturday, 26 March 1966

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Lost

14th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Liverpool

23-6-6, 52 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,398

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-3

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Liverpool

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 March 1966

🥅 | 42' Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Roger Hunt
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool
🥅 | 49' Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Ian Callaghan
🥅 | 62' Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Roger Hunt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Liverpool

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

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 March 1966

  • Villa are beaten by champions elect Liverpool - no shame in that - to remain 14th in the table.

  • Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa make it seventeen goals against in four games and twelve wins, four draws and eighteen defeats in thirty four League matches.

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

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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

Liverpool

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1964-65

FIXTURE HISTORY

Liverpool

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Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #93 |
Saturday, 26 March 1966

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🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Harry New | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1960-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🕒 93 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 14 🟥 42 | 1.34

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Harry New | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1960-1975
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 Aug 1964, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

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

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Scott replaces Jimmy MacEwan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.28 |

Oldest Player |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 28.12 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.51 |

Referee

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, 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 Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Shankly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Tommy Lawrence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Gerry Byrne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Yeats | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Tommy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Lawler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ian Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Peter Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian St. John | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Roger Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Phil Chisnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa 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

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

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