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Game #2886

Aston Villa

12-5-18, 29 PTS

Saturday, 2 April 1966

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Lost

16th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Northampton Town

8-11-17, 27 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 10,438

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Northampton Town

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Assist(s) | Tony Hateley | 13' |

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 April 1966

⚽ | 13' Goal, 1-0, Willie Hamilton, Assist by Tony Hateley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Northampton Town
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Johnny MacLeod, Sub on, Alan Baker
🥅 | 48' Goal, 1-1, (Northampton Town), John Mackin
🥅 | 62' Goal, 1-2, (Northampton Town), Graham Moore
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Northampton Town

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

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 April 1966
  • Villa lose to Northampton - plenty of shame in that - as without a win in five they slump to 16th in the table.

  • Villa face Northampton Town for the first time in competitive football, Northampton become the 92nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa lose for the eighth time in twelve games to make it twelve wins, four draws and nineteen defeats in thirty five League matches. Meanwhile, goalkeeper John Gavan made his final Villa appearance aged 26 before on moving to Doncaster Rovers in July 1967. Gavan played for Villa between 1962-63 and 1965-66 making 12 appearances.

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 GK John Gavan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1963-66 🕒 12 | ✅ 12 🔁 (0) | 🥅 1.83 | ⛔ 17% | 🇺 0 | #497 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Northampton Town

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Northampton Town
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Previous 5 vs. Northampton: 🟥

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

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Saturday, 2 April 1966

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🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: George McCabe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1955-1969
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 94 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 14 🟥 43 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: George McCabe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1955-1969

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

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

John Gavan, Johnny MacLeod and Phil Woosnam replace Colin Withers, Dave Pountney and Alan Baker.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.45 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 33.30 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.53 |

Referee

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

GK John Gavan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
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

David Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Northampton Town

GK Bryan Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Everitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Branston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Mackin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Joe Kiernan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Harry Walden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Kurila | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barry Lines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Don Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Hudson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Jim Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, 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

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 2 Apr 1966, Villa 1-2 Northampton, Villa Park

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