Game #3074
Aston Villa
6-13-21, 25 PTS
Saturday, 4 April 1970
Lost
22nd (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Division Two
Attendance: 27,481
Leicester City
Filbert Street
18-12-10, 48 PTS
Villa lose at third placed promotion chasers Leicester as a shocking refereeing performance denies Villa a clear goal and the chance of a crucial victory. As a result Villa remain bottom, four points from safety with four points to play for and so need to win their final two games and to see Charlton and Preston lose theirs to have any chance of staying up on goal average.
Leicester City
1-0
Aston Villa
Assists(s) | None
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 April 1970
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Alastair Brown
🕒 | FT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the first time in three after the referee fails to spot and award Villa a legitimate goal that bounces back out of the breached net. Villa have now recorded two wins, four draws and eight defeats in Crowe's fourteen games in charge. As a result Villa make it six wins, thirteen draws and twenty one defeats in forty division two matches this season scoring 24 goals and conceding 62. However with two games to play Villa still have a mathematical possibility of staying up but need to win both their final matches and hope that relegation rivals Preston North End and Charlton Athletic lose theirs.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Leicester City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Saturday, 4 April 1970
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Osbourne | 🏴 | Ipswich, 1961-1970
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 14 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 4 🟥 8 | 0.71
Career Form:
Relegation
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Osbourne | 🏴 | Ipswich, 1961-1970 🆘
🆘 Failed to award a legitimate goal, refused to consult his officials
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
John Osbourne
CARDS
Villa
None
Leicester City
None
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe names the same line up for a fourth consecutive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.37 |
Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 | 30.94 |
Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 19.44 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Frank O’Farrell | 🇮🇪 |
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 | 🏴 |
Leicester City
GK Peter Shilton | 🏴 |
LB David Nish | 🏴 |
D John Sjoberg | 🏴 |
CB Graham Cross | 🏴 |
RB Peter Rodrigues | 🏴 |
M Paul Matthews | 🏴 |
M Bobby Roberts | 🏴 |
W John Farrington | 🏴 |
W Len Glover | 🏴 |
F Ally Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Rodney Fern | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Jimmy Brown | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Graham Brown | 🏴 |
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 didn’t see the shot but our skipper David Nish tells me the ball definitely went in and it was a goal.”
Peter Shilton
“It would be better if I said nothing about this incident.
“But I think 27,000 saw a good Villa goal disallowed.”
Vic Crowe.
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