Game #3073
Tuesday, 31 March 1970
Attendance: 30,096
Drew
Division Two
22nd (-)
Oxford United
LDLWD
Villa Park
Villa meet an ultra defensive Oxford and are held to a goalless draw with the dropped point meaning Villa remain bottom of the table, three points from safety with three games left to play.
Aston Villa
0-0
Oxford United
Assists(s) | None |
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
HT Aston Villa 0-0 Oxford United
FT Aston Villa 0-0 Oxford United
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa make it two unbeaten but can only draw at home to record two wins, four draws and seven defeats in his thirteen games in charge. As a result Villa make it six wins, thirteen draws and twenty defeats in thirty nine division two matches this season scoring 24 goals and conceding 61. Villa remained bottom of the table on 25 points but with relegation rivals Preston North End (27) and Charlton Athletic (28) also drawing, potential safety is still within reach with six points left to play for.
Aston Villa
Oxford United
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Oxford: | - | - | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Tuesday, 31 March 1970
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Vic Crowe |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Last 5 Games | LDLWD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
CARDS
Villa
None
Oxford United
None
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe names the same line up for a third consecutive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.36 |
Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 30.93 |
Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 19.43 |
MANAGER
Vic Crowe
MANAGER
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 |
Oxford United
Kearns, Lucas, Shuker, Smithson, Clarke, Thompson, Clayton, Way, Skeen, Evanson, Atkinson.
Manager: Gerry Summers.
SUBSTITUTES
None
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Jimmy Brown |
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
PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I thought Oxford’s performance was diabolical.
“They were negative throughout and I will never ask a Villa team to play in this way.
“We tried. perhaps in vain, to break a nine man defensive set-up and were unlucky not to have beaten them by a clear margin."
Vic Crowe.
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Wednesday, 1 April 1970