Game #3064
Saturday, 21 February 1970
Attendance: 26,830
Lost
Division Two
22nd (-)
Bristol City
LDDLL
Villa Park
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.
Aston Villa
0-2
Bristol City
Assists(s) | None |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
1’ Debut, Andy Lochhead
HT Aston Villa 0-0 Bristol City
69’ Goal, 0-1, (Bristol City), Connor
70’ Goal, 0-2, (Bristol City), Sharp
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
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 |
Referee | Malcolm Sinclair, Surrey |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-2 |
Last 5 Games | LDDLL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴 | Guildford, 1966-1979
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
CARDS
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
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 Barry Hole |
F Brian Godfrey |
CF Andy Lochhead |
Bristol City
Gibson, Jacobs, Drysdale, Wimshurst, Connor (g), Parr, Skirton, Garland, Bush, Kellard, Sharpe (g).
Manager: Alan Dicks.
SUBSTITUTES
M Lionel Martin for F Brian Godfrey | 75' |
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
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.
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 23 February 1970