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Game #2887

Aston Villa

12-6-18, 30 PTS

Wednesday, 6 April 1966

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Drew

17th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division One

Manchester United

15-12-6, 42 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,222

🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Manchester United

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🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 6 April 1966

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
🥅 | 63' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Noel Cantwell
⚽ | 64' Goal, 1-1, Jimmy MacEwan
🟨 | Booking, Tony Hateley, Foul on goalkeeper
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 6 April 1966

Dick Taylor's Villa make it twelve wins, five draws and nineteen defeats in thirty six League matches.

🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, 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

Manchester United

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

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Manchester United

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Manchester United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Wednesday, 6 April 1966

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🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Unknown 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 95 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 15 🟥 43 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
🆘 Copped a deaf one to a clear penalty for hands against United
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Colin Withers, Dave Pountney, Jimmy MacEwan and Keith Bradley replace John Gavan, Mick Wright, Mike Tindall, Johnny MacLeod.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.51 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 37.07 |

Youngest Player |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.19 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK David Gaskell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Fitzpatrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Tony Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
LB Noel Cantwell | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
LB Shay Brennan | 🇮🇪 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Crerand | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W John Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Connelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Denis Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

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

🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, 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

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Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟨 6 Apr 1966, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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