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Game #2896

Aston Villa

0-1-2, 1 PTS

Saturday, 27 August 1966

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Lost

19th (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

3-0-0, 6 PTS

Highbury

Attendance: 26,762

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

Arsenal

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 27 August 1966

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Dave Rudge
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Tommy Baldwin
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 27 August 1966

Dick Taylor's Villa fail to score for the second successive game to make it a draw and two defeats so far this season. Despite winning three of the final five matches of 1965-66, Taylor had now presided over nine defeats in fifteen. Meanwhile, 18 year old Midfielder Dave Rudge made his Villa debut after signing professional forms with the club on 1 May 1965.

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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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: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Saturday, 27 August 1966

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🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: David Laing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1965-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🕒 104 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 16 🟥 48 | 1.31

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Laing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1965-1973
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 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

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dave Rudge (debut), Willie Hamilton and Graham Parker replace Lew Chatterley, Dave Pountney and Bobby Park.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.77 |

Oldest Player |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 28.55 |

Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.61 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bertie Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Jim Furnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ure | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Peter Storey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CH Terry Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M David Court | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jon Sammels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Coakley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F John Radford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tommy Baldwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Jimmy McGill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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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

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 27 August 1966, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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