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Game #3070

Saturday, 21 March 1970

Attendance: 19,003

Drew

Division Two

22nd (-)

Blackburn Rovers

LLLLD

Villa Park

Villa stop a run of four consecutive defeats with a home draw against promotion chasers Blackburn but remain bottom of the table, four points behind Preston and five points off safety with six games left to play.

Aston Villa

1-1

Blackburn Rovers

Assists(s) | Not recorded |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

9’ Goal, 1-0, George Curtis
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
77’ Sub off, Brian Tiler, Sub on, Brian Godfrey
79’ Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Goodwin
FT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa stop their worst run of the season - four successive League defeats - as they draw with Blackburn following an early George Curtis goal to record one win, three draws and six defeats in his ten games in charge. As a result Villa make it five wins, twelve draws and nineteen defeats in thirty six division two matches this season. Meanwhile, Barry Hole made his final Villa appearance aged 27 before moving on to Swansea Town in July 1970. Hole played for Villa between 1968-69 and 1969-70 making 53 appearances and scoring 9 goals.

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Saturday, 21 March 1970

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Kevin Howley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingham, 1954-1971
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | LLLLD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Kevin Howley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingham, 1954-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Blackburn Rovers

None

Kevin Howley

TEAM NEWS

Charlie Aitken and Fred Turnbull replace Keith Bradley and Emment Kapengwe.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.13 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 30.90 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 22.55 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

Aston Villa

GK John Dunn |
RB Mick Wright |
CB Brian Tiler |
CB George Curtis |
CB Fred Turnbull |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Bruce Rioch |
M Willie Anderson |
M Lew Chatterley |
M Barry Hole |
CF Andy Lochhead |

Blackburn Rovers

Barton, Charter, Wilson, Wood, Mulvaney, Knighton, Metcalfe, Goodwin (g), Martin, Tarling, Whalley.

Manager: Eddie Quigley.

SUBSTITUTES

F Brian Godfrey for CB Brian Tiler | 77' |

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 23 March 1970