Game #3023
Aston Villa
10-12-13, 32 PTS
Saturday, 15 March 1969
Drew
13th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Division Two
Attendance: 27,624
Blackburn Rovers
Villa Park
12-8-10, 32 PTS
Aston Villa
1-1
Blackburn Rovers
Assist(s) | Mike Ferguson | 39' |
MATCH SUMMARY
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.
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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
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Blackburn Rovers
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game #16
Saturday, 15 March 1969
MATCH SUMMARY
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: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tommy Docherty | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 16 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 5 🟥 2 | 2.00
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Blackburn Rovers
None
TEAM NEWS
Dave Simmons and Dick Edwards replace Keith Bradley and Lionel Martin.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.12 |
Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 26.89 |
Youngest Player |
F Dave Simmons | 🏴 | 20.40 |
MANAGER
Tommy Docherty | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 | for M Barrie Hole | 🏴 | 80' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Jim Beardall | 🏴 |
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
Injury | 1 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴 |
Suspension | 1 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
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
"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.
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