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Game #3023

Aston Villa

10-12-13, 32 PTS

Saturday, 15 March 1969

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Drew

13th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Blackburn Rovers

12-8-10, 32 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,624

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Blackburn Rovers

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Assist(s) | Mike Ferguson | 39' |

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 March 1969

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Dave Simmons, Assist by Mike Ferguson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Barrie Hole, Sub on, Peter Broadbent
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), John Connelly
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

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

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 March 1969
  • Villa failed to win for the first time in nine home games and draw for the third successive League game to leave them with seven wins in twelve second division matches under Tommy Docherty and just one defeat. As a result Villa miss out on a top ten position and remain joint eleventh alongside their opponents nine points clear of the relegation places.

  • Tommy Docherty's Villa now have one League defeat in twelve matches and seven wins under his stewardship but have now not won in three to make it ten wins, twelve draws and thirteen defeats in thirty five division two games so far this season. As a result Villa had now risen to 13th in Division Two having been adrift at the bottom in 22nd place when Docherty took over in December 1968.

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, 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

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game #16
Saturday, 15 March 1969

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🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

🕒 16 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 5 🟥 2 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

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

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Dave Simmons and Dick Edwards replace Keith Bradley and Lionel Martin.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.12 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 26.89 |

Youngest Player |
F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.40 |

Referee

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Eddie Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Mulvaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Laurie Calloway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Keith Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH John Coddington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Metcalfe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eamonn Rogers | 🇮🇪 |
W John Connelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Jim Fryatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 80' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F Jim Beardall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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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🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"We had a gate of 27,000 and it was a nothing game. "We can't go up or down, really, nor can Blackburn. “It was tremendous that they [the fans] should turn out like this.” Tommy Docherty.
Quotes

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 15 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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