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Game #3055

Aston Villa

4-8-11, 16 PTS

Saturday, 6 December 1969

Blackburn Rovers

2-0

Aston Villa

Division Two

Blackburn Rovers

13-5-5, 31 PTS

Ewood Park

Attendance: 12,008

Lost

20th= (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Assists(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa fall back into the bottom two level on points with 20th placed Millwall but having played three games more. Watford sit bottom three points behind Villa with a game in hand. Villa play Watford next.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 6 December 1969

🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Don Martin
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Jim Fryatt
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Docherty's terrible season continues as Villa lose successive games to make it four wins, eight draws and eleven defeats in twenty three division two matches. As a result Villa sit 21st in the table.

Aston Villa

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

Blackburn Rovers

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #48 |
Saturday, 6 December 1969

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: John Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1968-1970
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 48 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 15 🟥 17 | 1.31

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1968-1970
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Brian Godfrey, Dave Simmons and Dave Rudge replace Brian Tiler, Jimmy Brown and Lionel Martin.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.58 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 29.62 |

Youngest Player |
GK John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.43 |

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MANAGER

Eddie Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Hunter | 🇬🇧 |
CB Dick Mulvaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eamonn Rogers | 🇮🇪 |
M Stuart Metcalfe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Connelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Don Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Jim Fryatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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

MATCH REPORT

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