Game #3073
Aston Villa
6-13-20, 25 PTS
Tuesday, 31 March 1970
Drew
22nd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
Division Two
Attendance: 30,096
Oxford United
Villa Park
11-14-14, 36 PTS
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
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 31 March 1970
🕒 | 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
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Oxford United
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Oxford United
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 | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 13 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 4 🟥 7 | 0.77
Career Form:
Relegation
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
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
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Gerry Summers | 🏴 |
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
GK Mick Kearns | 🏴 |
RB Dick Lucas | 🏴 |
RB Mike Way | 🏴 |
CB Rodney Smithson | 🏴 |
CB Colin Clarke | 🏴 |
FB John Shuker | 🏴 |
RH Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
M Ken Skeen | 🏴 |
M John Evanson | 🏴 |
M Brian Thompson | 🏴 |
F Roy Clayton | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Jimmy Brown | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W David Sloan | 🇬🇧 |
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 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
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.
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