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Game #2905

Aston Villa

3-1-7, 7 PTS

Saturday, 8 October 1966

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Won

20th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Leeds United

3-5-3, 11 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,125

🟩 8 Oct 1966, Villa 3-0 Leeds, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

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Leeds United

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Assist(s) | Johnny MacLeod | 28' | 42' | 78' |

🟩 8 Oct 1966, Villa 3-0 Leeds, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 October 1966

⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-0, Lew Chatterley, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 2-0, John Woodward, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Leeds United
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 3-0, John Woodward, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Leeds United

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

🟩 8 Oct 1966, Villa 3-0 Leeds, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 8 October 1966
  • A youthful Villa side stop a run of four defeats and twenty goals conceded to keep a clean sheet and record their third win of the season. 

  • The deserved victims are Leeds, dirty play, dirty tricks and all.

  • As a result, Villa climb to joint 18th alongside Sunderland and Albion one point clear of the relegation places. Such is the relief at a third win in twelve under Dick Taylor that the team receives a standing ovation from the crowd at the end of the game. Meanwhile in the tiresome saga of Tony Hateley, after his seventh transfer request and no takers, the desperate want away gets a lucky break as Chelsea’s Peter Osgood breaks his leg opening the way for a bid for Hateley as cover.

  • Dick Taylor's Villa end a run of four defeats, conceding twenty goals, to keep a clean sheet and win for the first time in five. As a result Villa make it three wins, one draw and seven defeats in eleven League games so far this season.

🟩 8 Oct 1966, Villa 3-0 Leeds, 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

Leeds United

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leeds United
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Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🟩 8 Oct 1966, Villa 3-0 Leeds, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #113 |
Saturday, 8 October 1966

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🟩 8 Oct 1966, Villa 3-0 Leeds, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Geoffrey Roper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stowmarket, 1964-1968
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

🕒 113 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 16 🟥 54 | 1.28

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Geoffrey Roper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stowmarket, 1964-1968

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Mick Wright, Lew Chatterley, Bobby Park, Mike Tindall and Dave Roberts replace Charlie Aitken, Alan Deakin, Tony Hateley, Tony Scott and Willie Hamilton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 22.90 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 27.89 |

Youngest Player |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.74 |

Referee

🟩 8 Oct 1966, Villa 3-0 Leeds, Villa Park

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Dave Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Don Revie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK Gary Sprake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Willie Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Norman Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Jack Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Reaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Madeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Johnny Giles | 🇮🇪 |
W Albert Johanneson | 🇿🇦 |
W Eddie Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Jim Storrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 Oct 1966, Villa 3-0 Leeds, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Norman Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Peter Lorimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 8 Oct 1966, Villa 3-0 Leeds, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Graham Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

🟩 8 Oct 1966, Villa 3-0 Leeds, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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