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Game #3047

Saturday, 18 October 1969

Attendance: 54,470

Drew

Division Two

21st= (-)

Birmingham City

DDWLD

Villa Park

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.

Aston Villa

0-0

Birmingham City

Assists(s) | None |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

1’ Debut, John Phillips
HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
FT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City

Cards.
3’ Booking, Lionel Martin

ON THIS DAY

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.

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham City: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Last 5 Games | DDWLD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Birmingham City

🟨

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.59 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 29.48 |

Youngest Player |
GK John Phillips | 18.30 |

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty

MANAGER

Aston Villa

GK John Phillips |
RB Mick Wright |
CB Brian Tiler |
D Dick Edwards |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Mike Ferguson |
M Lionel Martin |
M Lew Chatterley |
M Bruce Rioch |
M Willie Anderson |
F Brian Godfrey |

Birmingham City

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Jimmy Brown |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

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*
Monday, 20 October 1969