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Game #3038

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 3 September 1969

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Lost

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

League Cup

West Bromwich Albion

Villa Park

Attendance: 40,303

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-2

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West Brom

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Assists(s) | Bruce Rioch | 71' |

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 3 September 1969

🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Colin Suggett
🔁 | 21’ Sub off, Pat McMahon, Sub on, Mike Ferguson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 1-1, Barrie Hole, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 1-2, (West Bromwich Albion), Jeff Astle
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 West Bromwich Albion

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 3 September 1969

Tommy Docherty's Villa lose to neighbours Albion in the League Cup as a season of woe continues.

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, 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

West Bromwich Albion

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

Aston Villa

West Bromwich Albion

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Bromwich Albion

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Wednesday, 3 September 1969

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🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 31 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 8 🟥 11 | 1.42

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
🆘 "Amazing leniency" cost Villa
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Griffiths and Barry Hole replace Dave Rudge and Mike Ferguson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.86 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 27.36 |

Youngest Player |
M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.23 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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Aston Villa

GK Evan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Ashman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK John Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Kaye | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alan Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Lyndon Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH John Talbut | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Hope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Suggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Tony Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jeff Astle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 21' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Danny Hegan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, 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

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, 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

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.

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