Game #3071
Aston Villa
5-12-20, 22 PTS
Saturday, 28 March 1970
Lost
22nd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Division Two
Attendance: 17,392
Blackpool
Bloomfield Road
18-10-8, 46 PTS
Villa lose at Bloomfield Road to second placed Blackpool despite having taken the game to their promotion chasing opponents to leave them five points from safety with five games to play.
Blackpool
2-1
Aston Villa
Assists(s) | Andy Lochhead | 65' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 March 1970
🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Fred Pickering
🕒 | HT Blackpool, 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackpool, pen), Fred Pickering
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 1-2, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🟨 | Booking, George Curtis, Tackle
🕒 | FT Blackpool, 2-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa lose again to record one win, three draws and seven defeats in his eleven games in charge. As a result Villa make it five wins, twelve draws and twenty defeats in thirty seven division two matches this season scoring 22 goals and conceding 61.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Blackpool
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackpool
Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 28 March 1970
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Tony Oliver | 🏴 | Leigh on Sea, 1968-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 11 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 3 🟥 7 | 0.55
Career Form:
Relegation
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tony Oliver | 🏴 | Leigh on Sea, 1968-1974
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
Tony Oliver
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Blackpool
None
TEAM NEWS
Chico Hamilton and Pat McMahon replace Barry Hole and Fred Turnbull. Meanwhile, Jimmy Brown returns to the squad for the first time since his petulant walk out in February.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.35 |
Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 | 30.92 |
Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 19.42 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Les Shannon | 🏴 |
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 Pat McMahon | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Blackpool
GK Harry Thomson | 🏴 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴 |
LB Harry Mowbray | 🏴 |
LB Bill Bentley | 🏴 |
M Glyn James | 🏴 |
M John Craven | 🏴 |
M Alan Suddick | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |
W John Murray | 🏴 |
F Bob Hatton | 🏴 |
CF Fred Pickering | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Jimmy Brown | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Micky Burns | 🏴 |
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 Reported
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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