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Game #2897

Aston Villa

0-1-3, 1 PTS

Wednesday, 31 August 1966

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Lost

20th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

3-1-0, 7 PTS

Hillsborough

Attendance: 25,184

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

Sheffield Wednesday

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 31 August 1966

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Graham Pugh
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), John Fantham
🟨 | Booking, Mike Tindall, Dissent.
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa

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

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 31 August 1966
  • Villa lose for the third successive game to leave them with one goal, one point and three defeats in their four first division matches under Dick Taylor to sit 20th, third from bottom in the table, one place above the relegation zone.

  • Dick Taylor's Villa fail to score and lose for the third successive game to make it a draw and three defeats so far this season. Despite winning three of the final five matches of 1965-66, Taylor had now presided over ten defeats in sixteen.

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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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

Sheffield Wednesday

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
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Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

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

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Wednesday, 31 August 1966

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🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Harold Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, 1965-1968
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🕒 105 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 16 🟥 49 | 1.30

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Harold Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, 1965-1968

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Mike Tindall

CARDS
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None

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

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Keith Bradley and Lew Chatterley replace Graham Parker and Dave Rudge.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.08 |

Oldest Player |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 28.56 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.95 |

Referee

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

UNAVAILABLE
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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 31 Aug 1966, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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