1966–67 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1966–67 English football season was Aston Villa's 67th season in the Football League. The period is considered one of decline for the club [1] and, this season, Villa were relegated from the Football League First Division. Blackpool would join them in the Football League Second Division.

Aston Villa
1966–67 season
ChairmanNorman Smith
ManagerEngland Dick Taylor
StadiumVilla Park
First Division21st
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round

In October 1966 Chelsea's offer of £100,000 for Tony Hateley was accepted and he moved to west London. Although manager offered the chance to remain, Manchester United squad player, Willie Anderson decided to join Villa in order to find first team football for a fee of £20,000 in January 1967.[2]

Taylor's heavy investment in new players failed disastrously, resulting in Villa being relegated to the Second Division of English football and plunging the club deep into financial trouble. It was only the third time Aston Villa had been relegated in the club's history. Taylor was sacked not long afterwards.[3]

Tommy Cummings was appointed Aston Villa manager in the summer of 1967.[4]

Football League First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 42 24 12 6 84 45 1.867 60 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Nottingham Forest 42 23 10 9 64 41 1.561 56 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 24 8 10 71 48 1.479 56 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Leeds United 42 22 11 9 62 42 1.476 55 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5 Liverpool 42 19 13 10 64 47 1.362 51
6 Everton 42 19 10 13 65 46 1.413 48
7 Arsenal 42 16 14 12 58 47 1.234 46
8 Leicester City 42 18 8 16 78 71 1.099 44
9 Chelsea 42 15 14 13 67 62 1.081 44
10 Sheffield United 42 16 10 16 52 59 0.881 42
11 Sheffield Wednesday 42 14 13 15 56 47 1.191 41
12 Stoke City 42 17 7 18 63 58 1.086 41
13 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 7 19 77 73 1.055 39
14 Burnley 42 15 9 18 66 76 0.868 39
15 Manchester City 42 12 15 15 43 52 0.827 39
16 West Ham United 42 14 8 20 80 84 0.952 36
17 Sunderland 42 14 8 20 58 72 0.806 36
18 Fulham 42 11 12 19 71 83 0.855 34
19 Southampton 42 14 6 22 74 92 0.804 34
20 Newcastle United 42 12 9 21 39 81 0.481 33
21 Aston Villa (R) 42 11 7 24 54 85 0.635 29 Relegation to the Second Division
22 Blackpool (R) 42 6 9 27 41 76 0.539 21
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1966–67 FA Cup winners.

First team squad

References
  1. Ward, Adam, p. 98
  2. "Willie Anderson". Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. "Former Managers: 1960s". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009.
  4. "Former Managers 1960s". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.


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