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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

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

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 March 1966

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Liverpool

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Liverpool

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟥 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
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 93 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 14 🟥 42 | 1.34

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 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
Manager

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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

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

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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

🟥 26 Mar 1966, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, 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

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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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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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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