top of page

Game #2888

Aston Villa

12-6-19, 30 PTS

Saturday, 9 April 1966

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Lost

17th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Stoke

13-11-12, 37 PTS

Victoria Ground

Attendance: 15,165

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

Stoke City

2-0

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

2509-2.png

Assist(s) | None

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 9 April 1966

🕒 | HT Stoke City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 68' Goal, 0-1, (Stoke City), Harry Burrows
🥅 | 78' Goal, 0-2, (Stoke City), Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Stoke City 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

Villa.gif

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 9 April 1966

Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa lose for the tenth time in sixteen games to make it twelve wins, five draws and twenty defeats in thirty seven League matches. Meanwhile, ex Villa man Harry Burrows once again does the damage for Stoke - scoring both goals to beat his old side.

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

Villa.gif

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

Aston Villa

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

Stoke

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

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

Aston Villa

Stoke

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Stoke

Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Saturday, 9 April 1966

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Dennis Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Villa.gif

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 96 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 15 🟥 44 | 1.31

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Villa.gif
Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCH OFFICIALS

Villa.gif

Referee: Dennis Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1966
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Villa.gif

CARDS

Villa.gif

None

2509-2.png

None

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

Villa.gif

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dick Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.52 |

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

Youngest Player |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.20 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

Villa.gif

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

Tony Waddington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

2509-2.png

Stoke

GK John Farmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bill Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Eric Skeels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Maurice Setters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Kinnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Peter Dobing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁
CF John Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dennis Viollet | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Roy Vernon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

🔁 | F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Keith Bebbington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

None

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

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

Villa.gif

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

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

SQUAD STATS

Villa.gif

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

2509-2.png

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

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

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg
Tables & Programmes

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

Opens in New Window

Reports

🟥 9 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2, Stoke, Victoria Ground

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH VIDEO

Videos
bottom of page