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Game #3046

Saturday, 11 October 1969

Attendance: 25,896

Lost

Division Two

21st= (-)

Cardiff City

WDDWL

Ninian Park

Villa slump to defeat at Ninian to end their four game unbeaten run and fall back to the foot of the table level on points with Millwall but bottom on goal average.

Cardiff City

4-0

Aston Villa

Assists(s) | None |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

22’ Goal, 1-0, (Cardiff City), John Toshack
HT Cardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa
67’ Goal, 2-0, (Cardiff City), John Toshack
70’ Goal, 3-0, (Cardiff City), Ron Bird
85’ Goal, 3-0, (Cardiff City, pen), Ron Bird
FT Cardiff City 4-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Docherty's terrible season continues as Villa follow their second win in fourteen with a humiliation at Ninian Park. Docherty makes it two wins, four draws and eight losses in fourteen division two games so far this season. As a result Villa return to the bottom of the table.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Evan Williams made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 ahead of the end of his loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Aston Villa

Cardiff City

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #39 |
Saturday, 11 October 1969

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Tommy Docherty |
Referee | Arthur Jones, Ormskirk |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-4 |
Last 5 Games | WDDWL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1963-1977
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Cardiff City

None

TEAM NEWS

Tommy Docherty names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.25 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 29.47 |

Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 21.74 |

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty

MANAGER

Aston Villa

GK Evan Williams |
RB Mick Wright |
CB Brian Tiler |
D Dick Edwards |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Lionel Martin |
M Lew Chatterley |
M Barry Hole |
M Bruce Rioch |
M Dave Rudge |
F Brian Godfrey |

Cardiff City

Davies, Carver, Bell, Sutton, Murray, Harris, King, Clark, Lea, Toshack (g) (g), Bird (g) (g).

Manager: Jimmy Scoular.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Willie Anderson |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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*
Monday, 13 October 1969