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Game #3057

Aston Villa

4-9-12, 17 PTS

Friday, 26 December 1969

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Drew

22nd (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division Two

Swindon Town

9-10-6, 28 PTS

County Ground

Attendance: 22,984

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

Swindon Town

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 48' |

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE

Friday, 26 December 1969

🟢 | 1’ Debut, George Curtis
🥅 | 35’ Goal, 0-1, (Swindon Town), Peter Noble
🕒 | HT Swindon Town 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 1-1, George Curtis, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Swindon Town 1-1 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

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

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ON THIS DAY

Friday, 26 December 1969

  • Villa end 1969 without a win in four and bottom of the second division despite earning their first point and scoring their first goal since November in their draw with mid-table Swindon. 

  • Villa are two points from safety ahead of the distraction of a third round FA Cup tie with fellow second tier side Charlton.

  • Tommy Docherty's Villa make it four wins, nine draws and twelve defeats in twenty five division two matches. 

  • Meanwhile, centre back George Curtis made a goalscoring Villa debut aged 30 after joining from Coventry City earlier this month for a fee of £30,000.

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #546 | £30,000 from Coventry

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Swindon Town

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1968-69

FIXTURE HISTORY

Swindon Town

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Previous 5 vs. Swindon: 🟥

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

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Friday, 26 December 1969

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🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1958-1969
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

🕒 50 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 16 🟥 18 | 1.28

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1958-1969

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

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Brian Tiler, Chico Hamilton and George Curtis (debut) replace Lew Chatterley, Lionel Martin and Dave Rudge.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.80 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.67 |

Youngest Player |
GK John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.48 |

Referee

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970

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Aston Villa

GK John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MANAGER

Fred Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Swindon Town

GK Peter Downsborough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Rod Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Joe Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB John Trollope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Stan Harland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Roger Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Don Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Don Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Arthur Horsfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Noble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

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

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 26 Dec 1969, Villa 1-1 Swindon, County Ground

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