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Game #3036

Wednesday, 27 August 1969

Attendance: 33,838

Lost

Division Two

22nd (-2)

Leicester City

WLDLL

Villa Park

Villa sit alone at the bottom of the table after five second division games having lost three successive home matches without scoring.

Aston Villa

0-1

Leicester City

Assists(s) | None |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
46’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Len Glover
Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub off, John Griffiths
FT Aston Villa 0-1 Leicester City

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Docherty's terrible start to the season continues as Villa make it one draw and four losses in five division two games so far this season with relegation under the self-confident boss already looking inevitable.

Aston Villa

Leicester City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Wednesday, 27 August 1969

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Syd Kayley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1963-1973
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | WLDLL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Syd Kayley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1963-1973
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Leicester City

None

Syd Kayley

TEAM NEWS

Dave Simmons replaces Brian Tiler.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.72 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 27.34 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 18.84 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty

Aston Villa

GK Evan Williams |
RB Mick Wright |
D Dick Edwards |
CB Fred Turnbull |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Mike Ferguson |
M Chico Hamilton |
M Bruce Rioch |
M Willie Anderson |
M Pat McMahon |
F Dave Simmons |

Leicester City

Shilton, Rodrigues, Wollett, Nish, Sjoberg, Cross, Brown, Fern, Lochhead (ex), Roberts, Glover (g).

Manager: Frank O’Farrell.

SUBSTITUTES

M John Griffiths for M Willie Anderson |

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Brian Tiler

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 28 August 1969