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Game #3075

Aston Villa

7-13-21, 27 PTS

Wednesday, 8 April 1970

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Won

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Middlesbrough

19-10-12, 48 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,805

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Middlesbrough

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Assists(s) | Brian Tiler | 24' | 64' |

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 8 April 1970

⚽ | 24’ Goal, 1-0, Willie Anderson, Assist by Brian Tiler
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Brian Tiler
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 8 April 1970

Vic Crowe's Villa make it one defeat in the last four games with two wins and a draw to keep their survival hopes alive to the final day of the season. Villa have now recorded three wins, four draws and eight defeats in Crowe's fifteen games in charge. As a result Villa make it seven wins, thirteen draws and twenty one defeats in forty one division two matches this season scoring 26 goals and conceding 62. Villa needed to win their final game and Preston North End (two games) and Charlton (one game) lose theirs for Villa to stay up on goal average.

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Middlesbrough

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

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Wednesday, 8 April 1970

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🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 15 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 4 🟥 8 | 0.87

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973 🆘
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 9 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Norwich, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Brian Godfrey replaces the hapless Andy Lochhead - without a goal since his February move from Leicester.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.94 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.95 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.45 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Stan Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Willie Whigham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Alex Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Brian Myton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eric McMordie | 🇬🇧 |
M George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Derrick Downing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Hickton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Hugh McIlmoyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F David Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, 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

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, 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

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 8 April 1970, Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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