Game #3013
Aston Villa
7-8-13, 22 PTS
Saturday, 18 January 1969
Lost
18th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division Two
Attendance: 15,252
Preston North End
Deepdale
8-10-8, 26 PTS
Preston North End
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa lose for the first time under Tommy Docherty and lose to the lowest rank team they have faced thus far under his leadership. Villa though remain 18th, six points ahead of the relegation places.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 January 1969
🟨 | 44' Booking, Charlie Aitken
🕒 | HT Preston North End 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 52’ Booking, Brian Tiler
🥅 | 90’+5 Goal, 1-0, (Preston North End), Jim McNab
🕒 | FT Preston North End 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Barrie Hole
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Docherty's Villa lose for the first time under his stewardship and the first time in six games after conceding a goal in the 90'+5 minute as his controversial time-wasting tactics come back to haunt them. As a result of the reverse, Villa make it seven wins, eight draws and thirteen defeats in twenty eight division two games so far this season and are still deep in relegation trouble.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Preston North End
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Saturday, 18 January 1969
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tommy Docherty | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 6 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 0 🟥 1 | 2.50
Villa Career Form:
Champions
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Preston North End
None
TEAM NEWS
Tommy Docherty names an unchanged line up for the first time.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |
Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 | 35.70 |
Youngest Player |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴 | 21.70 |
MANAGER
Tommy Docherty | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bobby Seith | 🏴 |
Preston North End
GK Alan Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
RB George Ross | 🏴 |
CB Alex Spark | 🏴 |
CB Bill Cranston | 🏴 |
LB Jimmy McNab | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Ken Knighton | 🏴 |
M Ricky Heppolette | 🏴 |
W DerekTemple | 🏴 |
W Frank Lee | 🏴 |
CF Willie Irvine | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Ingram | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It was diabolical.
“The referee [Pat Partridge] told Brian Tiler he would carry on playing until 5 o'clock if necessary.
"I admit we deliberately wasted time at Carlisle recently, but we didn’t do anything like that in this game.
“I feel really sorry for the lads. They fought hard, were the better teen and deserved a draw at least.
“It’s sickening to lose like that.
“I think 23 could be suffering now from a all the publicity given to the time wasting in that Carlisle match"
Tommy Docherty.
"I gave the Villa captain fair warning about his team's time wasting tactics.
"If you look at the rules you will find I'm entitled to add on time for anything I consider to be time wasting.
“Villa’s methods of wasting time were too numerous for me to be specific about them."
Referee Pat Partridge ‘justifies’ his actions.
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