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Villa Matches Refereed by

Vernon Batty

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

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Vernon Batty

Scorer(s) | Willie Anderson | 24' | Brian Godfrey | 64' |

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

Game #3075

Division Two

22nd (-)

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: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Middlesbrough

None

Referee Record

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

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 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

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 9 August 1969, Villa 0-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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Vernon Batty

Scorer(s) | None

Assists(s) | None

Game #3031

Division Two

Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Norwich City

None

Referee Record

Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 1 February 1969, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Chico Hamilton, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich City
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Dick Edwards, Sub on, Pat McMahon 🟢
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Ken Foggo
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Norwich City

Substitutes

🔁 | M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | for CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 69' |

🟩 1 February 1969, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

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Vernon Batty

Scorer(s) | Dave Rudge | 53' | Brian Godfrey | 78' |

Assist(s) | Barrie Hole | 78' |

Game #3016

Division Two

18th (-)

Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Portsmouth

None

Referee Record

Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 7 September 1968, Villa 1-3 Derby, Baseball Ground.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Portsmouth
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-0, Dave Rudge
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Barrie Hole
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Portsmouth

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 7 September 1968, Villa 1-3 Derby, Baseball Ground.

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Vernon Batty

Scorer(s) | Mike Ferguson | 86' |

Assist(s) | Lionel Martin | 86' |

Game #2991

Division Two

19th= (-)

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Derby County

None

Referee Record

Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 September 1967, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 1’ Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Kevin Hector, 34 Seconds
🥅 | 16’ Goal, 0-2, (Derby County), Kevin Hector
🕒 | HT Derby County 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, John Woodward
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 0-3, (Derby County), Alan Hinton
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 1-3, Mick Ferguson, Assist by Lionel Martin
🕒 | FT Derby County 3-1 Aston Villa

Substitutes

🔁 | F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81' |

🟥 23 September 1967, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

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Vernon Batty

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #2948

Division Two

20th (-1)

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Crystal Palace

None

Referee Record

Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 24 September 1966, Villa 0-5 Leicester, Filbert Street.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 16’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace, pen), Bobby Woodruff
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Crystal Palace
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Crystal Palace

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 24 September 1966, Villa 0-5 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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Vernon Batty

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #2903

Division One

20th (-1)

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Leicester City

None

Referee Record

Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 August 1965, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Jimmy Goodfellow
🕒 | HT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Derek Dougan
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-3, (Leicester City), Derek Dougan
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 0-4, (Leicester City), Derek Dougan
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 0-5, (Leicester City), Jackie Sinclair
🕒 | FT Leicester City 5-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟨 28 August 1965, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park.

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Vernon Batty

Scorer(s) | Tony Hateley | 59' (pen) | Charlie Aitken | 75' |

Assist(s) | Johnny MacLeod | 75' |

Game #2848

Division One

20th (+2)

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Leicester City

None

Referee Record

Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 22 Sep 1962, Villa 1-3 Forest, City Ground
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

💥 | 28' Missed Penalty, Tony Hateley
🥅 | 38’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), John Sjoberg
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Leicester City
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Sinclair
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-2, Tony Hateley, pen
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 2-2, Charlie Aitken, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Leicester City

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 22 Sep 1962, Villa 1-3 Forest, City Ground

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Vernon Batty

Scorer(s) | Harry Burrows | 88' (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Game #2703

Division One

10th (-5)

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

🟥

Nottingham Forest

None

Referee Record

Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥

Starting XI

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | 🟥 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 33' Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Colin Addison
🟥 | 38' Sending off, Derek Dougan
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Geoff Vowden
⚽ | 88' Goal, 1-2, Harry Burrows, pen
🥅 | 89' Goal, 1-3, (Nottingham Forest), Dick Le Flem
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 3-1 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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