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Game #3038

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 3 September 1969

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

GK Evan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 21' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Evan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

None

Team News

John Griffiths and Barry Hole replace Dave Rudge and Mike Ferguson.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.86 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 27.36 |

Youngest Player |
M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.23 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

1-2

🟥 3 Sep 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Barrie Hole | 71' |

Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 71' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Colin Suggett
🔁 | 21’ Sub off, Pat McMahon, Sub on, Mike Ferguson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 1-1, Barrie Hole, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 1-2, (West Bromwich Albion), Jeff Astle
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 West Bromwich Albion

Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Wednesday, 3 September 1969

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1967-1978
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1967-1978
Linesmen: J. H. Smith (Leicester); K. W. Baker (Rugby)

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 114 | 🟩 W52 (46% ) | 🟨 D20 | 🇺(63% ) | 🟥 L42 (37% ) | ⚽ 186 | 🥅 175 | GD 11

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

🕒 31 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 8 🟥 11 | 1.42

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

League Cup

West Bromwich Albion

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Villa Park

Attendance: 40,303

GK John Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Kaye | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alan Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Lyndon Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Talbut | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Hope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Suggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Tony Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jeff Astle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Alan Ashman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Danny Hegan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK John Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB John Kaye | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alan Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Talbut | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Doug Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Lyndon Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Bobby Hope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Danny Hegan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Suggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Tony Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jeff Astle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Evan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

6

6

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

1

🟥

5

0

🥅

9

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

365

364

🔥

5

15

🟩

128

🟨

69

🟥

168

CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

25

25

🔥

1

0

🟩

9

🟨

7

🟥

9

CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

64

64

🔥

2

2

🟩

17

🟨

19

🟥

28

RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

220

217

🔥

1

5

🟩

69

🟨

47

🟥

104

M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

8

7

🔥

1

1

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

6

M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

8

8

🔥

2

1

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

6

M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

8

8

🔥

0

1

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

6

M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

113

113

🔥

17

18

🟩

32

🟨

26

🟥

55

M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

35

35

🔥

8

3

🟩

13

🟨

12

🟥

10

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

2

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

3

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

40

🔁

1

🔥

2

8

Sub 1

🟩

10

🟨

10

🟥

20

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa lose to Albion in the second round of the League Cup.

  • Tommy Docherty's Villa lose to neighbours Albion in the League Cup as a season of woe continues.

What they Said

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