Game #3070
Aston Villa
5-12-19, 22 PTS
Saturday, 21 March 1970
Aston Villa
1-1
Blackburn Rovers
Division Two
Blackburn Rovers
17-7-12, 41 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,003
Drew
22nd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Assists(s) | Willie Anderson | 9' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 March 1970
⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, George Curtis, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Brian Tiler, Sub on, Brian Godfrey
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Freddie 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, Barrie 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
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 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
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 10 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 3 🟥 6 | 0.60
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Kevin Howley | 🏴 | Billingham, 1954-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
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
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 Barrie Hole | 🏴 | 🔴 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Eddie Quigley | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK John Barton | 🏴 |
FB Ray Charter | 🏴 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴 |
CB Dick Mulvaney | 🏴 |
LB Mick Wood | 🏴 |
M Ken Knighton | 🏴 |
M Stuart Metcalfe | 🏴 |
M Freddie Goodwin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Jeff Whalley | 🏴 |
F Don Martin | 🏴 |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | for CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 | 77' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W John Connelly | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Barrie Hole | 🏴 | 1968-70 | 🕒 53 | 53 (0) | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 0 | #530 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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