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Game #3047

Aston Villa

2-5-8, 9 PTS

Saturday, 18 October 1969

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Drew

21st= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division Two

Birmingham City

5-4-6, 14 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 54,470

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-0

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Birmingham City

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 October 1969

🟢 | 1’ Debut, John Phillips
🟨 | 3’ Booking, Lionel Martin
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City

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

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 October 1969
  • Villa fail to score for the tenth time in fifteen League games and remain bottom of the table on goal average, two points adrift of safety.

  • Tommy Docherty's terrible season continues as Villa fail to win for the thirteenth time in fifteen League games to make it two wins, five draws and eight losses in fifteen division two games. 

  • Meanwhile, Docherty, amid a relegation dog fight, hands a debut to 18 year old goalkeeper John Phillips after his move from Shrewsbury Town earlier this month for a fee of £30,000. Whilst midfielder Mike Ferguson made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Queens Park Rangers in November 1969. Ferguson played for Villa between 1968-69 and 1969-70 making 42 appearances and scoring 2 goals.

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #543 | £35,000 signing from Shrewsbury

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1968-69 🕒 42 | ✅ 41 🔁 (1) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 8 | 🇺 1 | #529 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Birmingham City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
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Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Total 🕒 80 | 🟩 31 | 🟨 25 | 🟥 24 | ⚽ 135 | 🥅 115 |
League 🕒 75 | 🟩 29 | 🟨 23 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 129 | 🥅 112 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 3 |
Home 🕒 40 | 🟩 19 | 🟨 13 | 🟥 8 | ⚽ 74 | 🥅 48 |
Away 🕒 40 | 🟩 12 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 16 | ⚽ 61 | 🥅 67 |

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

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Saturday, 18 October 1969

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🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1958-1969
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

🕒 40 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 12 🟥 14 | 1.35

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1958-1969

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Lionel Martin

CARDS
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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

John Phillips (debut), Willie Anderson and Mike Ferguson replace Evan Williams, Dave Rudge and Barry Hole.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.59 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 29.48 |

Youngest Player |
GK John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.30 |

Referee

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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Aston Villa

GK John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MANAGER

Stan Cullis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Jim Herriot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ray Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Gary Pendrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH John Sleeuwenhoek (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Bert Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Summerill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Dave Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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

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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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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 18 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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