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Game #3070

Aston Villa

5-12-19, 22 PTS

Saturday, 21 March 1970

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Drew

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division Two

Blackburn Rovers

17-7-12, 41 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,003

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-1

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Blackburn Rovers

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Assists(s) | Willie Anderson | 9' |

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 March 1970

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, George Curtis, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Brian Tiler, Sub on, Brian Godfrey
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Freddie Goodwin
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 March 1970

Vic Crowe's Villa stop their worst run of the season - four successive League defeats - as they draw with Blackburn following an early George Curtis goal to record one win, three draws and six defeats in his ten games in charge. As a result Villa make it five wins, twelve draws and nineteen defeats in thirty six division two matches this season. Meanwhile, Barrie Hole made his final Villa appearance aged 27 before moving on to Swansea Town in July 1970. Hole played for Villa between 1968-69 and 1969-70 making 53 appearances and scoring 9 goals.

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1968-70 | 🕒 53 | 53 (0) | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 0 | #530 |

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Aston Villa

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

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Saturday, 21 March 1970

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🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Kevin Howley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingham, 1954-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 10 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 3 🟥 6 | 0.60

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Kevin Howley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingham, 1954-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Charlie Aitken and Fred Turnbull replace Keith Bradley and Emment Kapengwe.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.13 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.90 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.55 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔴 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Eddie Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK John Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Ray Charter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Mulvaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Metcalfe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Freddie Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jeff Whalley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Don Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | for CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W John Connelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, 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 John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, 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

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 21 March 1970, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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