M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

1969 🕒 4 | 2 (2) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #535 |

Midfielder

Previous Player	Next Player
FB Barry Lynch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #534 \|	M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #536 \|

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

John Griffiths

Personal Profile

Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country	Citizenship	Height	Foot
16 June 1951	Oldbury	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Villa Youth Record

1966-69 Aston Villa Youth

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Previous Clubs

1966-68 Aston Villa Youth & Reserves
Football League First Division, Second Division

Transfer In

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Transfer In

Season	Joined Date	Aged	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1968-69	July 1966	15	Youth	Aston Villa Youth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		Dick Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Career

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Villa Career

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1969 | Youth |
Football League Second Division |
🕒 4 | 2 (2) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #535 |

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Played Under

Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1969

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Career Summary

🗓️	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
2	4	2	2	0								0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Competition Record

🕒 League	🕒 FA Cup	🕒 League Cup	🕒 Europe	🕒 European Cup

⚽ League	⚽ FA Cup	⚽ League Cup	⚽ Europe	⚽ European Cup
0	0	0	0	0

🔥 League	🔥 FA Cup	🔥 League Cup	🔥 Europe	🔥 European Cup
0	0	0	0	0

League Gi	FA Cup Gi	League Cup Gi	Europe Gi	European Cup Gi
0	0	0	0	0

League GPG	FA Cup GPG	League Cup GPG	Europe GPG	European Cup GPG
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

League GPGi	FA Cup GPGi	League Cup GPGi	Europe GPGi	European Cup GPGi
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Seasons

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Season by Season Record

🗓️	🎂	〽️	🏆	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1968-69	17	D2		1	1	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0.00

1969-70

0.00

Seasons 🗓️, Age 🎂, League 〽️, Position 🏆, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Goalkeeping Record

🗓️	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

1968-69

1969-70

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Debuts & Dates

Season	First Squad	Manager
1968-69	19 April 1969	Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Debut	Aged	Manager
1968-69	19 April 1969	17	Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Game #	First Goal	Scorer(s)

Season	Final Game	Aged	Manager
1969-70	13 September 1969	18	Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Final Squad	Manager
1969-70	13 September 1969	Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Loans

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Transfer Out

Season	Date	Aged	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1969-70	May 1970	18	Free	Stockport County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		Vic Crowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Subsequent Clubs

1970-75 Stockport County
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 182 | 167 (15) | ⚽ 31 |

Retired

Quotes

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Quotes

Biography

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Biography

Player #535 for Aston Villa, John Griffiths played as a midfielder for the club in 1968-69 and 1969-70 making 4 appearances.

John had joined Villa from Oldbury & West Smethwick Schools as an apprentice in October 1966 before signing professional forms in November 1968 under Tommy Docherty.

John was born in Oldbury on 16 June 1951 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 19 April 1969 aged 17.

John made the last of his four appearances for Villa on Saturday, 13 September 1969 before moving on to Stockport County in May 1970 aged 18.

Appearances

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Appearances

4

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #3030	🟥 19 April 1969, Villa 0-1 Hull, Boothferry Park.	Starting XI: GK John Dunn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Barry Lynch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Dick Edwards \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dave Rudge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Lew Chatterley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Griffiths \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Godfrey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| F Peter Broadbent \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M Lionel Martin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3036	🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Evan Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Dick Edwards \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Fred Turnbull \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Mike Ferguson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Dave Simmons \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M John Griffiths \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3038	🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Evan Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Dick Edwards \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Barrie Hole \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Griffiths \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M Mike Ferguson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3040	🟥 13 September 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road.	Starting XI: GK John Dunn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Dick Edwards \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Brian Rowan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Barrie Hole \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Lew Chatterley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Dave Rudge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Godfrey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| Subs: M John Griffiths \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

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Starts

2

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #3030	🟥 19 April 1969, Villa 0-1 Hull, Boothferry Park.	GK John Dunn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Barry Lynch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| CB Dick Edwards \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dave Rudge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Lew Chatterley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Griffiths \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| F Brian Godfrey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| F Peter Broadbent \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \|
Game #3038	🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park.	GK Evan Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Dick Edwards \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Barrie Hole \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔥 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔁 \| M John Griffiths \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

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Starts

Subs

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Substitute Appearances

2

Game	Matchday Summary	Substitutes
Game #3036	🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.	M John Griffiths \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3040	🟥 13 September 1969, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road.	M John Griffiths \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

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Unused

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

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Goals

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Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

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Assists

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Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

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Cards

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

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International

International Record

International Career	Caps with Villa

FA	Caps with Villa	Scorers

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FA	International Goals with Villa	Scorers

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Matches

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

Matches

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

🟥 19 April 1969, Villa 0-1 Hull, Boothferry Park.

Game #3030

Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: George McCabe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1954-1969
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Saturday, 19 April 1969

Full Match Report

Division Two

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Barry Lynch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Ian McKechnie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Frank Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ray Pettit | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Geoff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Simpkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Jarvis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M David Lill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ian Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Wagstaff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

FB Don Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Tommy Docherty's Villa end the season with just two wins in the final ten games as momentum for the new season and hopes of a tilt at promotion are a far cry from the early tenure promise that nine wins in thirteen in all competitions under Docherty's stewardship had showed. Indeed, despite being as high as 13th, Villa finished 18th in Division Two - their lowest ever league position. Boundless self confidence and self promotion, an alarming tendency to change team selection, a defensive style, a penchant for time wasting tactics and a booking count that began to precede them wherever they went, Docherty and Villa were no League winners, but the results, often ground out had done the trick and prevented a first relegation to the third tier. Significant personnel and style changes were needed however if Villa’s climb back up the table was to begin in 1969-70. Meanwhile, 17 year old midfielder John Griffiths made his Villa debut after joining from school football in October 1966. Whilst, full back Barry Lynch also made his Villa debut aged 17 after moving from Cross Castle FC in June 1967. Forward Peter Broadbent however made his final Villa appearance aged 35 before moving on to Stockport County in October 1969. Broadbent played for Villa between 1966-67 and 1968-69 making 67 appearances and scoring twice.

M John Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #535 |

🟥 27 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.