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Game #3033

Aston Villa

0-0-2, 0 PTS

Saturday, 16 August 1969

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Lost

20th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Huddersfield Town

2-0-0, 4 PTS

Leeds Road

Attendance: 13,364

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

Huddersfield Town

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 August 1969

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Evan Williams, Neil Rioch
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Huddersfield Town), Bobby Hoy
🥅 | 31’ Goal, 0-2, (Huddersfield Town), Frank Worthington
🕒 | HT Huddersfield Town 2-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Huddersfield Town 2-0 Aston Villa

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

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 August 1969
  • After two games of the season Villa sit bottom of the second division alongside Birmingham and Portsmouth.

  • Tommy Docherty's Villa make it two losses in two games

  • Meanwhile Neil Rioch made his Villa debut aged 19 after moving from Luton Town in July 1969 and goalkeeper Evan Williams made his debut for Villa aged 26 having joined on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month.

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 | £10,000 signing from Luton
🟢 GK Evan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #540 | Loan signing from Wolvers

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

Huddersfield Town

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26

FIXTURE HISTORY
Huddersfield Town
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Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

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

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 16 August 1969

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🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1969-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 26 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 7 🟥 7 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1969-1978

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

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Evan Williams and Neil Rioch replace John Dunn and Barry Hole.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.78 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 27.31 |

Youngest Player |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.36 |

Referee

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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Aston Villa

GK Evan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ian Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Huddersfield Town

GK Terry Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dennis Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Ellam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Geoff Hutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Nicholson | 🇬🇧 |
M Jimmy McGill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Colin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bobby Hoy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Frank Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Greenhalgh (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Jimmy Lawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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