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Game #3026

Aston Villa

11-13-14, 35 PTS

Friday, 4 April 1969

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Won

14th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Millwall

17-8-14, 42 PTS

The Den

Attendance: 15,100

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

Millwall

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Aston Villa

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🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

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MATCH TIMELINE

Friday, 4 April 1969

🕒 | HT Millwall 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Barrie Hole, Sub on, Lionel Martin
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 1-0, Lionel Martin
🕒 | FT Millwall 0-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

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ON THIS DAY

Friday, 4 April 1969

  • Villa win for the first time in six League games under Tommy Docherty.

  • Tommy Docherty's Villa win for the first time in six after a defensive performance - dogged and unpopular in equal measures - to make it eleven wins, thirteen draws and fourteen defeats in thirty eight division two games so far this season.

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Millwall

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Millwall

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Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Friday, 4 April 1969

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🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

MATCH SUMMARY

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

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

🕒 19 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 6 🟥 3 | 1.89

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Peter Broadbent replaces Fred Turnbull.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.64 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.91 |

Youngest Player |
F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.46 |

Referee

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Benny Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Millwall

GK Bryan King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Barry Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dennis Burnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Harry Cripps | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Jacks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eamon Dunphy | 🇮🇪 |
M Ken Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Derek Possee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Keith Weller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gordon Bolland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 66' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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D Alan Dorney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

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

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

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MATCH QUOTES

"Villa are not worried about making friends at the grounds they visit. In rising from the depths they esteem points more than goodwill."
Quotes

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 Apr 1969, Villa 1-0 Millwall, The Den

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MATCH VIDEO

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