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Game #3044

Aston Villa

1-4-7, 6 PTS

Saturday, 4 October 1969

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Drew

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Preston North End

2-5-5, 9 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 25,421

🟨 4 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Preston, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-0

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Preston North End

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 4 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Preston, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 October 1969

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Preston North End
🔁 | 51’ Sub off, Alan Deakin, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Preston North End

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 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Preston, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 October 1969
  • Villa deliver a second successive goalless draw but are now unbeaten in three League games for the first time this season as they remain bottom of the second division under Tommy Docherty with six points from twelve games. Villa have failed to score in eight of those games.

  • Tommy Docherty's Villa fail to win for the eleventh time in twelve League games to make it one win, four draws and seven losses in twelve division two games so far this season. 

  • Meanwhile, Alan Deakin, making his first league appearance for 10 months, made his final appearance for Villa aged 27 before moving on to Walsall later this month. Alan played for Villa between 1959-60 and 1969-70 making 270 appearances and scoring 9 goals.

🟨 4 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Preston, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1959-69 🕒 270 | ✅ 269 🔁 (1) | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 13 | 🇺 2 | #474 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Preston North End

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38

FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
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Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

League 🕒 91 | 🟩 47 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 34 | ⚽ 164 | 🥅 132 |
FA Cup 🕒 8 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 10 |
League Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 12 | 🥅 6 |

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

Preston North End

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Preston North End

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 4 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Preston, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 4 October 1969

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🟨 4 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Preston, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Somerset, 1966-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

🕒 37 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 11 🟥 13 | 1.35

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Somerset, 1966-1976

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Preston, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Alan Deakin replaces Jimmy Brown.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.61 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 29.45 |

Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.72 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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Aston Villa

GK Evan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bobby Seith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Preston North End

GK Alan Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
RB George Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Graham Hawkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jimmy McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ricky Heppolette | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Spavin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Tinsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W DerekTemple | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dave Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 51' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 4 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Preston, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Willie Irvine | 🇬🇧 |

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 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Preston, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 4 Oct 1969, Villa 0-0 Preston, Villa Park

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