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Game #3065

Wednesday, 25 February 1970

Attendance: 23,982

Won

Division Two

22nd (-)

Charlton Athletic

DDLLW

Villa Park

Villa earn their fourth point in five games under Vic Crowe as they win for the first time under his leadership to close the gap to safety to two points with a game in hand over their defeated opponents, second from bottom Charlton. This was Villa’s first win since beating Bolton under Tommy Docherty in November. Since that last victory, Docherty had delivered just a single point in five games before Vic Crowe’s arrival. Recovery from the position Crowe had inherited remained extremely unlikely but at least Villa were now competing again.

Aston Villa

1-0

Charlton Athletic

Assists(s) | None |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

37’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Paul Went
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Charlton Athletic
FT Aston Villa 1-0 Charlton Athletic

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa secure their first win under his stewardship to record one win, two draws and two defeats in his five games and make it five wins, eleven draws and fifteen defeats in thirty one division two matches this season. Despite the win Villa remain adrift at the bottom of the table.

Aston Villa

Charlton Athletic

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Charlton: | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Wednesday, 25 February 1970

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 1-0 |
Last 5 Games | DDLLW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

CARDS

Villa

None

Charlton Athletic

🟨 |

TEAM NEWS

Keith Bradley and Lionel Martin replace Charlie Aitken and Brian Godfrey.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.57 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 30.83 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 22.49 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

MANAGER

Aston Villa

GK John Dunn |
RB Mick Wright |
CB Brian Tiler |
CB George Curtis |
D Keith Bradley |
M Bruce Rioch |
M Willie Anderson |
M Lew Chatterley |
M Barry Hole |
M Lionel Martin |
CF Andy Lochhead |

Charlton Athletic

Wright, Curtis, Kinsey, Setters, Went, Reeves, Treacey, Moore, Gregory (ex), Campbell, Kenning.

Manager: Eddie Firmani.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Pat McMahon |

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

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 26 February 1970