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Game #3054

Saturday, 22 November 1969

Attendance: 17,266

Lost

Division Two

19th= (-2)

Sheffield United

LWDWL

Bramall Lane

Villa are hammered at Bramall Lane and fall back to third from bottom of the table, level on points with Millwall and one point above safety. Tommy Docherty, with four wins in twenty two games, heaps blame on an 18 year old, 16 year old and a 23 year old as there seems little personal recognition of the much fawned over manager’s own performance.

Sheffield United

5-0

Aston Villa

Assists(s) | None |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

43’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Eddie Colquhoun
HT Sheffield United 1-0 Aston Villa
48’ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield United), Eddie Colquhoun
68’ Goal, 0-3, (Sheffield United), Gil Reece
72’ Goal, 0-4, (Sheffield United, pen), Dave Powell
90’ Goal, 0-5, (Sheffield United), Tony Currie
FT Sheffield United 5-0 Aston Villa

Cards.
Booking, Brian Tiler, Foul

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Docherty's terrible season continues as Villa's run of just two defeats in twelve - having lost eight of the previous eleven - comes crashing down as Villa are humiliated at Bramall Lane to make it four wins, eight draws and ten defeats in twenty two division two matches.

Aston Villa

Sheffield United

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Saturday, 22 November 1969

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Mike Kerkhof | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bicester, 1968-1974
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-5 |
Last 5 Games | LWDWL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Kerkhof | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bicester, 1968-1974
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Sheffield United

None

Mike Kerkhof

TEAM NEWS

Brian Tiler replaces Dave Rudge.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 22.89 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 27.58 |

Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 16.15 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty

Aston Villa

GK John Phillips |
RB Mick Wright |
CB Fred Turnbull |
CB Brian Tiler |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Lionel Martin |
M Bruce Rioch |
M Lew Chatterley |
M Willie Anderson |
M Pat McMahon |
M Jimmy Brown |

Sheffield United

Hodgkinson, Badger, Heresley, Barlow, Colquhoun (g) (g), Powell (g), Woodward, Currie (g), Addison, Salmons, Reece (g).

Manager: John Harris.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Brian Godfrey |

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

“A thoroughly disappointing and poor all round show.

“It is a long time since I have seen a side so outclassed.

“My heart bleeds for Villa.”

Villa great Ronnie Starling.




“Sheffield United are a very good side.

“What chance do you stand if you give away four silly goals?

“John Phillips [18 and in his 8th game for the club] lets in two soft ones for the first goals;

“Full back Mick Wright is caught on the wrong side of his hand for the third and Jimmy Brown [16] played a bad ball out of defence for the fifth.”

Tommy Docherty.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 24 November 1969