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Game #3029

Aston Villa

12-14-15, 38 PTS

Saturday, 12 April 1969

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Won

14th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Birmingham City

16-8-16, 40 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 52,772

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Birmingham City

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🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 April 1969

🟨 | 39' Booking, Mike Ferguson, Kicking ball away.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 1-0, Dave Simmons
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 12 April 1969

Tommy Docherty's Villa win for the second time in four games but have just two victories in their last nine as they make it twelve wins, fourteen draws and fifteen defeats in forty one division two games so far this season.

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, 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

Birmingham City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 12 April 1969

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🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 22 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 7 🟥 4 | 1.82

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 9 November 1968, Villa 0-1, Preston, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Lew Chatterley replaces Dave Rudge.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.10 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 28.97 |

Youngest Player |
F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.48 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Stan Cullis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Dave Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Gary Pendrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Malcolm Page | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Vincent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
IF Ron Wylie (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
IF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Summerill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Fred Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, 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

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Suspension | 1 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 12 April 1969, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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