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Game #3048

Aston Villa

2-6-8, 10 PTS

Saturday, 25 October 1969

Oxford United

2-2

Aston Villa

Division Two

Oxford United

4-6-5, 14 PTS

Manor Ground

Attendance: 14,386

Drew

22nd (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

Assists(s) | Bruce Rioch | 11' | Lionel Martin | 42' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa score for the first time in three games to take a point from fellow strugglers Oxford but sit rock bottom, a point behind Millwall and a point from safety. Brian Godfrey is again the star as Tommy Docherty attempts to shift blame for two wins in sixteen games onto fan expectation.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 October 1969

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Pat McMahon, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 1-1, (Oxford United), David Sloan
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 2-1, Pat McMahon, Assist by Lionel Martin
🕒 | HT Oxford United 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 2-2, (Oxford United), Ken Skeen
🕒 | FT Oxford United 2-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Docherty's Villa fail to win for the fourteenth time in sixteen League games to make it two wins, six draws and eight losses in sixteen division two games.

Aston Villa

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

Oxford United

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Oxford United

Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Saturday, 25 October 1969

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Keith Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1961-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 41 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 13 🟥 14 | 1.34

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1961-1973
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 29 January 1969, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Pat McMahon replaces Mike Ferguson.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.38 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 29.50 |

Youngest Player |
GK John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.32 |

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Gerry Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Oxford United

GK Jim Barron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Rodney Smithson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Robin Gladwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Shuker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Skeen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Shepherd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David Sloan | 🇬🇧 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CH Maurice Kyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"At the moment, we have to beat ourselves before we can beat anyone else. ”The lads are still playing under tremendous pressure. “They might be the bottom team In the league ... but people still expect so much from them. "That's why they let Oxford off the hook. “They had It all sewn up until they suddenly realised they were winning comfortably with only ten minutes left. “Then, the nearer they came to giving the Villa fans a victory, the more ragged and nervous !hey became.” Tommy “The fans expect so much” Docherty.

MATCH REPORT

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