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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 retires from field of play with injury, 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

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

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

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 April 1966
  • Villa beat Arsenal with consummate ease to secure their first division safety as Northampton complete their season of 42 games with defeat at Blackpool and 33 points. Villa sit on 34 with two left to play.

  • 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

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 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
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🕒 99 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 15 🟥 45 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Colin Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1966

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

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

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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

🟩 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

No Substitutions Made

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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

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

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

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

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 30 Apr 1966, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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

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