Game #3048
Aston Villa
2-6-8, 10 PTS
Saturday, 25 October 1969
22nd (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
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 | 🏴 |
Tommy Docherty | 🏴 | 1968-1970
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CF Dave Simmons | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
None
Pat McMahon replaces Mike Ferguson.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.38 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 29.50 |
Youngest Player |
GK John Phillips | 🏴 | 18.32 |
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.
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.
Drew
2-2
🟨 25 Oct 1969, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground
Scorer(s) | Pat McMahon | 11' | 42' |
Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 11' | Lionel Martin | 42' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 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
Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Saturday, 25 October 1969
Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Keith Walker | 🏴 | Kent, 1961-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Referee: Keith Walker | 🏴 | Kent, 1961-1975
Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟩 🟥
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Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Tommy Docherty | 🏴 | 1968-1970
🕒 41 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 13 🟥 14 | 1.34
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Referee:
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Division Two
Oxford United
4-6-5, 14 PTS
Manor Ground
Attendance: 14,386
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 | 🇬🇧 |
Gerry Summers | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CH Maurice Kyle | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
"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.
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