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Game #2889

Aston Villa

13-6-19, 32 PTS

Saturday, 16 April 1966

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Won

17th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Burnley

21-7-10, 49 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 14,100

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Burnley

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Assist(s) | Willie Hamilton | 23' | Tony Hateley | 58' |

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 April 1966

🥅 | 3' Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), Willie Irvine
⚽ | 23' Goal, 1-1, Tony Hateley, Assist by Willie Hamilton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Burnley
🔁 | 48' Sub off, Tony Scott, Sub on, Mick Wright
⚽ | 58' Goal, 2-1, Phil Woosnam, Assist by Tony Hateley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 16 April 1966

Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa win for the first time in eight games to make it thirteen wins, five draws and twenty defeats in thirty eight League matches.

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, 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

Burnley

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60

Aston Villa

Burnley

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Burnley

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 16 April 1966

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🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Geoffrey Roper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stowmarket, 1966-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 97 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 15 🟥 44 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Geoffrey Roper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stowmarket, 1961-1968
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 31 Mar 1964, Villa 3-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Johnny MacLeod replaces Jimmy MacEwan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.66 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 33.34 |

Youngest Player |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.22 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, 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 Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Harry Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Burnley

GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Alex Elder | 🇬🇧 |
D Sammy Todd | 🇬🇧 |
RB John Angus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian O’Neil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Willie Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ralph Coates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Willie Irvine | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 47' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB John Talbut | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, 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

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, 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

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

🟩 16 Apr 1966, Villa 2-1 Burnley, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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