Game #3064
Aston Villa
4-11-15 19 PTS
Saturday, 21 February 1970
Lost
22nd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Division Two
Attendance: 26,830
Bristol City
Villa Park
12-9-11, 33 PTS
Aston Villa
0-2
Bristol City
Assists(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa lose to mid-table Bristol City at Villa Park - their second successive defeat under Vic Crowe in his fourth game in charge that leaves them with nineteen points after thirty games and four points from safety but with a game in hand over 20th placed Preston. Villa had now earned just three points from the last eighteen available, as Vic Crowe had delivered two in four games, whilst his predecessor Tommy Docherty had achieved just a single point in the previous five.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 February 1970
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Andy Lochhead
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Bristol City
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 0-1, (Bristol City), Jack Connor
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-2, (Bristol City), Gerry Sharpe
🔁 | 75' Sub off, Brian Godfrey, Sub on, Lionel Martin
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Bristol City
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe’s Villa lose successive matches and now drawn two and lost two to make it four wins, eleven draws and fifteen defeats in thirty division two matches. As a result Villa sit bottom of the table, four points adrift of safety.
Meanwhile, centre forward Andy Lochhead made his Villa debut aged 28 after moving from Leicester City earlier this month for a fee of £35,000.
Whilst more problems emerge for Vic Crowe as Villa’s 16 year old midfielder Jimmy Brown reveals that he will not commit to extending his Villa contract once he turns 17 and walks out on the club to return home to Scotland with his future unclear.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Bristol City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Bristol City
Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Saturday, 21 February 1970
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴 | Guildford, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 4 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 2 🟥 2 | 0.50
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴 | Guildford, 1966-1979
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Malcolm Sinclair
CARDS
Villa
None
Bristol City
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
John Dunn (first start in 24) and Andy Lochhead (debut) replace John Phillips and Chico Hamilton.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.75 |
Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 | 30.82 |
Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 | 22.48 |
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 🟢 |
MANAGER
Alan Dicks | 🏴 |
Bristol City
GK Mike Gibson | 🏴 |
RB Trevor Jacobs | 🏴 |
LB Brian Drysdale | 🏴 |
RH Ken Wimshurst | 🏴 |
CH Jack Connor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
WH Gordon Parr | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Bobby Kellard | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Gerry Sharpe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Alan Skirton | 🏴 |
F Chris Garland | 🏴 |
CF Terry Bush | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Lionel Martin | 🏴 | for F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 75' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
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
🟢 CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Ninety seconds destroyed us.
“[But three points out of the last 18 is] terrible, diabolical.
“But we must get up off the floor again and fight our way out of It.
"I've always said that until it's mathematically impossible. we haven't gone down.
“It means a lot of hard work but nobody's going to wave a magic wand and get us out of it."
Vic Crowe.
“Tragic, with a stadium like this. But if Villa had won one or two games at the start of the season [under Tommy Docherty] it could have been different. It would have given them confidence and that’s what they lack.”
Bristol City manager Alan Dicks.
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