Game #3023
Saturday, 15 March 1969
Attendance: 27,624
Drew
Division Two
11th= (-)
Blackburn Rovers
DWDDD
Villa Park
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.
Aston Villa
1-1
Blackburn Rovers
Assist(s) | Not recorded |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
39’ Goal, 1-0, Dave Simmons
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
Blackburn Rovers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
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 |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | DWDDD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
CARDS
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
MANAGER
Tommy Docherty
Aston Villa
GK John Dunn |
RB Mick Wright |
CB Brian Tiler |
CB Fred Turnbull |
D Dick Edwards |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Barry Hole |
M Willie Anderson |
M Dave Rudge |
M Mike Ferguson |
F Dave Simmons |
Blackburn Rovers
Blacklaw, Wilson, Calloway, Newton, Coddington, Mulvaney, Metcalfe, Darling, Fryatt, Rogers, Connelly (g).
Manager: Eddie Quigley.
SUBSTITUTES
F Peter Broadbent for M Barrie Hole | 80' |
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Lionel Martin
Brian Godfrey
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
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.
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 17 March 1969