Game #2890

Aston Villa

13-6-20, 32 PTS

Wednesday, 27 April 1966

Lost

21st (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

13-7-17, 33 PTS

Hillsborough

Attendance: 27,269

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Sheffield Wednesday

2-0

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 27 April 1966

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 27 April 1966

Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa lose for the eleventh time in eighteen games to make it thirteen wins, five draws and twenty one defeats in thirty nine League matches. Meanwhile, winger Jimmy MacEwan made his final appearance for Villa aged 37 before moving on to Walsall in August 1966. MacEwan played for Villa between 1959-60 and 1965-66 making 181 appearances and scoring 32 goals.

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1959-66 | 🕒 181 (0) | ⚽ 33 | 🔥 46 | 🇺 1 | #470 |

PREVIOUS MATCH

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

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 30 Apr 1966, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Sheffield Wednesday

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Sheffield Wednesday

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 30 October 1965, Villa 2-0 Wednesday, Villa Park.

Sheffield Wednesday

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 22 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Villa Park.

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #98 |
Wednesday, 27 April 1966

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Matches

Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 98 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 15 🟥 45 | 1.32

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Unknown

CARDS

None

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jimmy MacEwan replaces Tony Scott.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.78 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 37.12 |

Youngest Player |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.25 |

Referee

Manager

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Sheffield Wednesday

GK Ron Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Don Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Sam Ellis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Wilf Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Gerry Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Pugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Eustace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jim McCalliog | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
IF John Fantham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Dave Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

	Game	Start	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red
GK Colin Withers \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

	Game	Sub	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red

UNUSED

	Unused

Squad Bios

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

UNAVAILABLE

None

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 27 Apr 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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