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Game #3073

Aston Villa

6-13-20, 25 PTS

Tuesday, 31 March 1970

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Drew

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Oxford United

11-14-14, 36 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,096

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-0

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Oxford United

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Assists(s) | None

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 31 March 1970

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Oxford United
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Oxford United

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

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 31 March 1970

  • Villa meet an ultra defensive Oxford and are held to a goalless draw with the dropped point meaning Villa remain bottom of the table, three points from safety with three games left to play.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa make it two unbeaten but can only draw at home to record two wins, four draws and seven defeats in his thirteen games in charge. As a result Villa make it six wins, thirteen draws and twenty defeats in thirty nine division two matches this season scoring 24 goals and conceding 61. Villa remained bottom of the table on 25 points but with relegation rivals Preston North End (27) and Charlton Athletic (28) also drawing, potential safety is still within reach with six points left to play for.

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

Oxford United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Oxford United

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Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Tuesday, 31 March 1970

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🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
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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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 13 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 4 🟥 7 | 0.77

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

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

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names the same line up for a third consecutive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.36 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.93 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.43 |

Referee

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gerry Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Oxford United

GK Mick Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mike Way | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Rodney Smithson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Shuker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Skeen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Evanson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Roy Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W David Sloan | 🇬🇧 |

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

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, 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

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

“I thought Oxford’s performance was diabolical. “They were negative throughout and I will never ask a Villa team to play in this way. “We tried. perhaps in vain, to break a nine man defensive set-up and were unlucky not to have beaten them by a clear margin." Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 31 Mar 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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