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Game #2891

Aston Villa

14-6-20, 34 PTS

Saturday, 30 April 1966

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Won

19th (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Arsenal

11-13-16, 35 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,039

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

Aston Villa

3-0

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | Willie Hamilton | 37' | Alan Baker | 52' |

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

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 30 April 1966

⚽ | 9' Goal, 1-0, Tony Hateley
💥 | 29' Player left field of play injured, Mick Wright
🔁 | 32' Sub off, Mick Wright, Sub on, Keith Bradley
⚽ | 37' Goal, 2-0, Tony Hateley, Assist by Willie Hamilton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Arsenal
⚽ | 52' Goal, 3-0, Phil Woosnam, Assist by Alan Baker
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 30 April 1966

Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa clinch a crucial victory as they fight relegation to make it fourteen wins, five draws and twenty one defeats in forty League matches.

🟩 30 Apr 1966, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, 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

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952–53

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Saturday, 30 April 1966

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Colin Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, -1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
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

🕒 99 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 15 🟥 45 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mick Wright and Alan Baker replace Keith Bradley and Jimmy MacEwan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 33.38 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.61 |

Referee
Manager

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

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | 🔁 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Billy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Jim Furnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Storey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Terry Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M David Court | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jon Sammels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Walley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Skirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Radford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Eastham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F David Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 30 Apr 1966, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, 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

🟩 30 Apr 1966, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Not Recorded

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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

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

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