1964–65 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1964–65 season
Manager	Dick Taylor
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	16th
FA Cup	fifth round
League Cup	Semi–Finals

The 1964–65 English football season was Aston Villa's 66th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League First Division. Dick Taylor had moved on to Sheffield United in 1956 to work under Joe Mercer, and two years later joined Aston Villa as Mercer's assistant. He took over as manager late in the 1963–64 season after Mercer resigned due to ill-health.

Dick Taylor succeeded in avoiding relegation, which resulted in him being handed the job on a full-time basis but the seasons saw little improvement in form and future financial difficulties loomed.^[1]

There were debuts for Colin Withers (146), Johnny MacLeod (125), Keith Bradley (122), Bobby Park (75), Barry Stobart (45), Dave Roberts (19),^[2] Ray Bloomfield (3) and Johnny Martin (1).^[3] Alan Deakin and Ron Wylie captained the side while top scorer Tony Hateley netted 34, 20 in the league, 4 in the FA Cup and 10 League Cup Goals.^[4] Alan Deakin broke his ankle during the 1964–65 season, but recovered to skipper the side for the 1966–67 season. Deakin also played for the England under 23 team.^[5]

In November 1964 Aston Villa earned a second consecutive league victory over Burnley with a 1–0 home win.^[6]

The FA Cup fifth round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 20 February 1965. Two games required replays during the midweek fixture, and the Aston Villa & Wolverhampton Wanderers match went to a third game the following week, with Wolves the victors.

The Second City Derby saw Villa do the double over Birmingham City.^[7] Barry Stobart scored the only goal of the away fixture.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	13	16	70	65	1.077	39
15	Sunderland	42	14	9	19	64	74	0.865	37
16	Aston Villa	42	16	5	21	57	82	0.695	37
17	Blackpool	42	12	11	19	67	78	0.859	35
18	Leicester City	42	11	13	18	69	85	0.812	35

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 Aug 1964	Leeds United	h	1–2	—	Phil Woosnam 3' ^[8]
26 Aug 1964	Chelsea	a	1–2	—	Tony Hateley 75'
29 Aug 1964	Arsenal	a	1–3	—	Tony Hateley 68'
31 Aug 1964	Chelsea	h	2–2	—	Tony Hateley 85', Ron Wylie 90'
5 Sep 1964	Blackburn Rovers	h	0–4	—	—
9 Sep 1964	Sunderland	a	2–2	—	Tony Hateley 19', Harry Burrows 24'
12 Sep 1964	Blackpool	a	1–3	—	Tony Hateley 31'
14 Sep 1964	Sunderland	h	2–1	—	Charlie Aitken 3', Tony Hateley 24'
19 Sep 1964	Sheffield Wednesday	h	2–0	—	Harry Burrows 4', Tony Hateley 58'
26 Sep 1964	Liverpool	a	1–5	—	Tony Hateley 11'
5 Oct 1964	Everton	h	1–2	—	Dave Pountney 63'
10 Oct 1964	West Ham United	a	0–3	—	—
17 Oct 1964	West Bromwich Albion	h	0–1	—	—
24 Oct 1964	Manchester United	a	0–7	—	—
31 Oct 1964	Fulham	h	2–0	—	Jimmy MacEwan 38', Gordon Lee 80'
7 Nov 1964	Nottingham Forest	a	2–4	—	Tony Hateley 33', Harry Burrows 55' (pen)
14 Nov 1964	Stoke City	h	3–0	—	Harry Burrows 7', 75', Mike Tindall 62'
21 Nov 1964	Tottenham Hotspur	a	0–4	—	—
28 Nov 1964	Burnley	h	1–0	—	Barry Stobart 48'
5 Dec 1964	Sheffield United	a	2–4	—	Dave Pountney 72', Harry Burrows 87'
12 Dec 1964	Leeds United	a	0–1	—	—
19 Dec 1964	Arsenal	h	3–1	—	Alan Baker 55', 80', Johnny MacLeod 65'
26 Dec 1964	Wolves	a	1–0	—	Alan Baker 27'
2 Jan 1965	Blackburn Rovers	a	1–5	—	Barry Stobart 59'
16 Jan 1965	Blackpool	h	3–2	—	Tony Hateley 17', Alan Baker 63', Johnny MacLeod 84'
6 Feb 1965	Liverpool	h	0–1	—	—
13 Feb 1965	Birmingham City	a	1–0	—	Barry Stobart 44'
27 Feb 1965	West Bromwich Albion	a	1–3	—	Barry Stobart 77'
13 Mar 1965	Everton	a	1–3	—	Tony Hateley 44'
15 Mar 1965	Sheffield Wednesday	a	1–3	—	Lew Chatterley 62'
20 Mar 1965	Nottingham Forest	h	2–1	—	Tony Hateley 12', 63'
22 Mar 1965	Wolves	h	3–2	—	Alan Baker 5', Lew Chatterley 6', 30'
27 Mar 1965	Stoke City	a	1–2	—	Tony Hateley 51'
31 Mar 1965	West Ham United	h	2–3	—	Tony Hateley 29', Charlie Aitken 31'
3 Apr 1965	Tottenham Hotspur	h	1–0	—	Alan Baker 15'
10 Apr 1965	Burnley	a	2–2	—	Tony Hateley 8', Charlie Aitken 86'
12 Apr 1965	Birmingham City	h	3–0	—	Phil Woosnam 11', Lew Chatterley 16', Tony Hateley 67'
17 Apr 1965	Sheffield United	h	2–1	—	Tony Hateley 5' (pen), 89'
19 Apr 1965	Leicester City	a	1–1	—	Phil Woosnam 84'
20 Apr 1965	Leicester City	h	1–0	—	Lew Chatterley 57'
24 Apr 1965	Fulham	a	1–1	—	Tony Hateley 83'
28 Apr 1965	Manchester United	h	2–1	—	Alan Baker 6', Bobby Park 35' ^[8]

FA Cup

Third round

The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 9 January 1965. Ten matches were drawn and went to replays, though none of these then resulted in a second replay. Barnet was the last non-league club left in the competition.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
10	Aston Villa	3–0	Coventry City	9 January 1965

Fourth round

The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 30 January 1965. Six matches were drawn and went to replays. The replays were all played two, three or four days later.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
8	Sheffield United	0–2	Aston Villa	30 January 1965

Fifth round

The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 20 February 1965. Two games required replays during the midweek fixture, and the Aston Villa & Wolverhampton Wanderers match went to a third game the following week, with Wolves the victors.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Aston Villa	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20 February 1965
Replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Aston Villa	24 February 1965
Replay	Aston Villa	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 March 1965

League Cup

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Luton Town	0–1	Aston Villa	23 September 1964

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Leeds United	2–3	Aston Villa	14 October 1964

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Aston Villa	3–1	Reading	4 November 1964

Fifth Round

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Aston Villa	7–1	Bradford City	23 November 1964

Semi-finals

First leg

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Aston Villa	2–3	Chelsea	20 January 1965

Second leg

Home team	Score	Away team	Date	Agg
Chelsea	1–1	Aston Villa	10 February 1965	4–3

References

^ "Former Managers: 1960s". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009.
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/dave-roberts
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
^ AVFC History: 1964–65 season
^ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 71. ISBN 0907969542.
^ bbc.co.uk Aston Villa v Burnley THU 17 Dec 2020
^ "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Aston Villa Match Summaries 1964-65".

External links

Aston Villa official website

[1] "Former Managers: 1960s". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009.

[2] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/dave-roberts

[3] "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

[4] AVFC History: 1964–65 season

[ReferenceA-5] Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 71. ISBN 0907969542.

[6] .co.uk Aston Villa v Burnley THU 17 Dec 2020

[7] "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[avfc6465-8] "Aston Villa Match Summaries 1964-65".

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