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Game #3036

Aston Villa

0-1-4, 1 PTS

Wednesday, 27 August 1969

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Lost

22nd (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Leicester City

3-1-1, 7 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 33,838

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-1

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Leicester City

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Assists(s) | None

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 27 August 1969

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Len Glover
🔁 | Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, John Griffiths
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Leicester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 27 August 1969

Tommy Docherty's terrible start to the season continues as Villa make it one draw and four losses in five division two games so far this season with relegation under the self-confident boss already looking inevitable.

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, 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

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Wednesday, 27 August 1969

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🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Syd Kayley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1963-1973
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: | Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 29 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 8 🟥 9 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Syd Kayley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1963-1973
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dave Simmons replaces Brian Tiler.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.72 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 27.34 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.84 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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Aston Villa

GK Evan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Frank O’Farrell | 🇮🇪 |

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Leicester City

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Rodrigues | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Alan Woollett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Sjoberg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Graham Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Nish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Len Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ally Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Rodney Fern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, 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 Evan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, 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

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.

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