Game #3071
Aston Villa
5-12-20, 22 PTS
Saturday, 28 March 1970
22nd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
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 | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴 |
🟨 George Curtis
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
None
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.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.35 |
Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 | 30.92 |
Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 19.42 |
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.
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.
Lost
1-2
🟥 28 Mar 1970, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield
Scorer(s) | Chico Hamilton | 65' |
Assist(s) | Andy Lochhead | 65' |
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 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
Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 28 March 1970
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Tony Oliver | 🏴 | Leigh on Sea, 1969-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Referee: Tony Oliver | 🏴 | Leigh on Sea, 1969-1972
Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
🕒 11 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 3 🟥 7 | 0.55
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Blackpool
18-10-8, 46 PTS
Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 17,392
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 | 🏴 |
Les Shannon | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
F Micky Burns | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53
Matchday Squad:
Not Reported
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