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Game #3040

Aston Villa

0-2-6, 2 PTS

Saturday, 13 September 1969

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Lost

22nd (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division Two

Watford

1-2-5, 4 PTS

Vicarage Road

Attendance: 19,118

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

Watford

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assists(s) | None

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 13 September 1969

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Brian Rowan
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Watford), Brian Tiler o.g.
🕒 | HT Watford 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 48’ Sub off, Pat McMahon, Sub on, John Griffiths
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 0-2, (Watford), Tom Walley
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 0-3, (Watford), Keith Eddy
🕒 | FT Watford 3-0 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

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 13 September 1969

  • A week after claiming “It’s no use pulling a team apart if you haven’t got better players to come in.” Tommy Docherty makes five changes with Charlie Aitken, Mike Ferguson, Chico Hamilton, Willie Anderson and Evan Williams dropped. It doesn’t work. Villa return to sole occupier status at the bottom of the table as they are beaten at Watford, fail to score for the sixth time in eight League games, and sit two points from safety. Before the game Watford had been joint bottom with Tommy Docherty’s side, one place below on goal average. The reserves won mind you with their unexpected influx of new players.

  • Villa face Watford for the first time in competitive football, Watford become the 97th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Tommy Docherty's terrible season continues as Villa fail to score for the sixth time in ten games and make it two draws and six losses in eight division two games so far this season as they slump to defeat against bottom club Watford. Meanwhile, full back Brian Rowan made his one and only appearance for Villa aged 21 after moving from Ballieston Rovers in April 1969 before moving on to Villa’s opposition this day, Watford, in October 1971. Also leaving was midfielder John Griffiths who made his third and final Villa appearance aged 18 before moving to Stockport County in May 1970.

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 RB Brian Rowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #541 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 FB Brian Rowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1969 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 🔁 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #541 |
🔴 M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1969 🕒 4 | ✅ 2 🔁 (2) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #535 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Watford

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Watford

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Previous 5 vs. Watford: None

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

Watford

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Watford

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Saturday, 13 September 1969

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🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Vince James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1961-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

🕒 33 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 9 🟥 12 | 1.36

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Vince James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1961-1974
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 November 1967, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Burnden Park
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Dunn, Dave Rudge, Pat McMahon, Brian Rowan and Lew Chatterley replace Evan Williams, Charlie Aitken, Mike Ferguson, Chico Hamilton and Willie Anderson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.68 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 29.39 |

Youngest Player |
FB Brian Rowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 21.22 |

Referee

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Brian Rowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ken Furphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Watford

GK Mike Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Duncan Welbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Brian Garvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tom Walley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Colin Franks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Johnny Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Keith Eddy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Terry Garbett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Stewart Scullion | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Bernie Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Barry Endean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 47' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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WH Dixie Hale | 🇮🇪 |

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

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 13 Sep 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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The Birmingham Post, Monday, September 15, 1969. ASTON VILLA. bottom of the Second Division with only two points and not a single victory to show from eight League matches this season, need 31 points from their remaining 34 matches to have any chance of avoiding relegation. Two seasons ago such a gloomy situation would have been accepted with resignation. But this is not the Aston Villa of old. It is the new. dynamic Villa the club which has promised its supporters the stars. There is a new board of directors led by Douglas Ellis, an ambitious Birmingham businessman, a new, forceful manager in Tommy Docherty, whose name is a household word. Their arrival at Villa Park nine months ago had a messianic flavour. Villa had dropped into the Second Division, looked like going right through it and were on the verge of bankruptcy. Supporters were overjoyed They had been calling long and unavailingly for the resignation of the old board, and they saw Ellis and Docherty as the men who would save their club and lift it to the same exalted level as Liverpool; Ellis and Docherty were confident, too. Although their public statements were tempered with caution, they left no doubt that this was to be the dawn of a bright new era at Villa Park. "My first task must be to establish a resurgence of enthusiasm for the club Ellis declared on taking over as chairman. "I want to get everybody talking about Aston Villa again.” A week later Ellis said: "We want Vila Park to be a stadium of stadiums. My dream is that Villa should become another Real Madrid." Then, at Villa's annual meeting on July 31 this year: "We have set our sights on Europe but there is a way to go before we gat there.... We know that only the best Is good enough. We also know that a learn is not built in one season. "We have the basis, I believe of an extremely good side already developing at Villa Park. and behind that we have a new wave of bright. determined 15 year olds whose impact on the future will be considerable.” Docherty himself was not quite as confident. but he said: "We feel that. given our fair share of luck we shall get back in the First Division where we belong." The bookmakers, too. shared the general euphoria and quoted Villa as second favourites for promotion. Just before the start of this season, then, nobody was surprised when Docherty said that Villa's target was 30 points by Christmas, and that the club hoped to be among the promotion candidates by then. How sadly these words compare with events.
Reports

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