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Villa Matches Refereed by

Arthur Sparling

🟥 15 Mar 1965, Villa 1-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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Arthur Sparling

Scorer(s) | Lew Chatterley | 62' |

Assist(s) | None

Game #2833

Division One

21st (-)

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, -1965
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Sheffield Wednesday

None

Referee Record

Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, 1957-1966
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 Dec 1963, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Graham Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 6' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), John Hickton
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 60' Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), John Hickton
⚽ | 62' Goal, 1-2, Lew Chatterley
🥅 | 83' Goal, 1-3, (Sheffield Wednesday), John Quinn
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟨 7 Dec 1963, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

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Arthur Sparling

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #2769

Division One

19th (-)

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Leicester City

None

Referee Record

Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, 1957-1966
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 27 May 1963, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Stan Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Stan Horne
💥 | 17' Player leaves field of play with injury, (Leicester City), Ian King
💥 | 32' Player returns to field of play, (Leicester City), Ian King
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟨 27 May 1963, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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Arthur Sparling

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #2746

League Cup

Final

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, -1965
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Aggregate Result: 🟥 Lost
Aggregate Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Birmingham City

None

Referee Record

Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, 1957-1966
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 Manchester United, Old Trafford 🆘
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F George Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟥 11 Mar 1963, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

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Arthur Sparling

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #2726

FA Cup

5th Round

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, -1965 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Manchester United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, 1957-1966 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Failed to act on a typically thuggish Denis Law tackle early in the game which set the tone for the some unruly play
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 37' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Albert Quixall
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟩 3 Feb 1962, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

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Arthur Sparling

Scorer(s) | Derek Dougan | 26' |

Assist(s) | Jimmy McMorran | 26' |

Game #2676

Division One

10th (+2)

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Blackburn Rovers

None

Referee Record

Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, 1957-1966
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 17 Dec 1960, Villa 4-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Tommy Ewing
⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Derek Dougan, Assist by Jimmy McMorran
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟩 17 Dec 1960, Villa 4-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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Arthur Sparling

Scorer(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 9' | Ron Wylie | 19' | Bobby Thomson | 57' | 58' |

Assist(s) | Bobby Thomson | 9' | 19' | Alan Deakin | 57' |

Game #2611

Division One

6th (-)

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Chelsea

None

Referee Record

Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, 1957-1966
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 9' Goal, 1-0, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 10' Goal, 1-1, (Chelsea), Jimmy Greaves
⚽ | 19' Goal, 2-1, Ron Wylie, Assist by Bobby Thomson
💥 | 44' Missed Penalty, (Chelsea), Peter Sillett
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57' Goal, 3-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Alan Deakin
⚽ | 58' Goal, 4-1, Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 76' Goal, 4-2, (Chelsea), Jimmy Greaves
🕒 | FT Chelsea 2-4 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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