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Game #3023

Aston Villa

10-12-13, 32 PTS

Saturday, 15 March 1969

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Drew

13th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Blackburn Rovers

12-8-10, 32 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,624

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-1

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Blackburn Rovers

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Assist(s) | Mike Ferguson | 39' |

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 15 March 1969

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Dave Simmons, Assist by Mike Ferguson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Barrie Hole, Sub on, Peter Broadbent
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), John Connelly
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 15 March 1969

Tommy Docherty's Villa now have one League defeat in twelve matches and seven wins under his stewardship but have now not won in three to make it ten wins, twelve draws and thirteen defeats in thirty five division two games so far this season. As a result Villa had now risen to 13th in Division Two having been adrift at the bottom in 22nd place when Docherty took over in December 1968.

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game #16
Saturday, 15 March 1969

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🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 16 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 5 🟥 2 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dave Simmons and Dick Edwards replace Keith Bradley and Lionel Martin.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.12 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 26.89 |

Youngest Player |
F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.40 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Eddie Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Mulvaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Laurie Calloway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Keith Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH John Coddington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Metcalfe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eamonn Rogers | 🇮🇪 |
W John Connelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Jim Fryatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 80' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Jim Beardall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"We had a gate of 27,000 and it was a nothing game. "We can't go up or down, really, nor can Blackburn. “It was tremendous that they [the fans] should turn out like this.” Tommy Docherty.
Quotes

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 15 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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