1969–70 Aston Villa F.C. season

Second City Derby
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Aston Villa
1969–70 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	Tommy Docherty; Vic Crowe
Stadium	Villa Park
Second Division	21st
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 English football season was Aston Villa's 71st season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League Second Division. On 19 January 1970, with Villa bottom of the Second Division, manager Tommy Docherty was sacked. Vic Crowe was subsequently appointed manager.

Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Birmingham City	42	11	11	20	51	78	0.654	33
19	Watford	42	9	13	20	44	57	0.772	31
20	Charlton Athletic	42	7	17	18	35	76	0.461	31
21	Aston Villa (R)	42	8	13	21	36	62	0.581	29	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Preston North End (R)	42	8	12	22	43	63	0.683	28	Relegation to the Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Matches

9 August 1969	Aston Villa	0–1	Norwich City	Villa Park
		Report

16 August 1969	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Aston Villa	Leeds Road
		Report
Note:

19 August 1969	Carlisle United	1–1	Aston Villa	Brunton Park
		Report	Chico Hamilton, 51
Note:

23 August 1969	Aston Villa	0–2	Swindon Town	Villa Park
		Report
Note:

27 August 1969	Aston Villa	0–1	Leicester City	Villa Park
		Report
Note:

30 August 1969	Middlesbrough	1–0	Aston Villa	Ayresome Park
		Report

6 September 1969	Aston Villa	2–2	Millwall	Villa Park
	Dave Rudge 64, 66	Report

13 September 1969	Watford	3–0	Aston Villa	Vicarage Road
		Report

17 September 1969	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Aston Villa	Burnden Park
		Report	(Bruce Rioch), 63'

20 September 1969	Aston Villa	3–2	Hull City	Villa Park
	(Brian Godfrey), 30'; (Lew Chatterley), 70'; (Dave Rudge), 77'	Report

27 September 1969	Portsmouth	0–0	Aston Villa	Fratton Park
		Report

4 October 1969	Aston Villa	0–0	Preston North End	Villa Park
		Report

8 October 1969	Aston Villa	4–1	Huddersfield Town	Villa Park
	(Brian Godfrey), 11'; (Brian Tiler), 34'; (Barrie Hole), 56'; (Lionel Martin), 80'	Report

11 October 1969	Cardiff City	4–0	Aston Villa	Ninian Park
		Report

18 October 1969	Aston Villa	0–0	Birmingham City	Villa Park
		Report
Note: In the Second City derby Villa drew at home and won away.

25 October 1969	Oxford United	2–2	Aston Villa
		Report	Pat McMahon 11, 42

1 November 1969	Aston Villa	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Villa Park
	(Dave Simmons), 78'	Report

8 November 1969	Bristol City	1–0	Aston Villa
		Report

12 November 1969	Aston Villa	1–0	Carlisle United	Villa Park
	(Dave Rudge), 79'	Report

15 November 1969	Aston Villa	0–0	Blackpool	Villa Park
		Report

19 November 1969	Aston Villa	3–0	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park
	(Lionel Martin), 18'; (Bruce Rioch), 67'; (Willie Anderson), 70'	Report

22 November 1969	Sheffield United	5–0	Aston Villa
		Report

6 December 1969	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Aston Villa
		Report

13 December 1969	Aston Villa	0–2	Watford	Villa Park
		Report

26 December 1969	Swindon Town	1–1	Aston Villa
		Report

17 January 1970	Aston Villa	3–5	Portsmouth	Villa Park
	(Bruce Rioch), 18'; (Willie Anderson), 36'; (Bruce Rioch), 84'	Report
Note: On 19 January 1970, with Villa bottom of the Second Division, manager Tommy Docherty was sacked.

31 January 1970	Preston North End	1–1	Aston Villa
		Report	(Lew Chatterley), 40'

7 February 1970	Aston Villa	1–1	Cardiff City	Villa Park
	(Bruce Rioch), 87'	Report

14 February 1970	Norwich City	3–1	Aston Villa
		Report	(Willie Anderson), 42'

21 February 1970	Aston Villa	0–2	Bristol City	Villa Park
		Report

25 February 1970	Aston Villa	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Villa Park
	(Own Goal), 37'	Report

28 February 1970	Queens Park Rangers	4–2	Aston Villa
		Report	(Willie Anderson), 14' (pen.); (Lew Chatterley), 79'

10 March 1970	Hull City	3–1	Aston Villa
		Report	George Curtis, 50

14 March 1970	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Aston Villa
		Report

16 March 1970	Millwall	2–0	Aston Villa
		Report

21 March 1970	Aston Villa	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Villa Park
	George Curtis, 9	Report

28 March 1970	Blackpool	2–1	Aston Villa
		Report	(Chico Hamilton), 65'

30 March 1970	Birmingham City	0–2	Aston Villa
		Report	(Bruce Rioch), 14'; (Pat McMahon), 81'
Note: In the Second City derby Villa drew at home and won away.

31 March 1970	Aston Villa	0–0	Oxford United	Villa Park
		Report

4 April 1970	Leicester City	1–0	Aston Villa
		Report

8 April 1970	Aston Villa	2–0	Middlesbrough	Villa Park
	(Willie Anderson), 24'; (Brian Godfrey), 64'	Report

13 April 1970	Aston Villa	1–0	Sheffield United	Villa Park
	(Pat McMahon), 69'	Report

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

Third round

The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled Saturday, 3 January 1970, but three were played at later dates. Nine matches were drawn and went to replays, with York City and Cardiff City requiring a second replay at Birmingham City's St Andrew's ground.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
9	Aston Villa	1–1	Charlton Athletic	3 January 1970
Replay	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Aston Villa	12 January 1970

League Cup

First round

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Home Scorers	Away Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1969	Chester	1–2	Aston Villa	Dearden	McMahon, Hamilton	10,510

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Aston Villa	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	3 September 1969

Players

Bruce Rioch (154) moved to Aston Villa in July 1969 for a fee of £100,000, then a record fee paid by a Second Division side. Tommy Docherty, then Manager saw two Zambians, Emment Kapengwe (3) and Freddie Mwila (1) in action and signed them on. They arrived in Birmingham in August 1969 and signed for Villa for two years. There, they met Brian Tiler (107) who would later coach the Zambian national team. Kapengwe and Mwila became the second and third black players to represent Villa since Willie Clarke in 1901. Other debut appearances included Chico Hamilton (208), Andy Lochhead (131), Pat McMahon (130), Jimmy Brown (75), George Curtis (51), Neil Rioch (22), John Phillips (15), Evan Williams (12), and Brian Rowan (1).

Results were not very good and Villa were relegated to the third division. Docherty left the team and the Zambian duo decided to return home after nine months with Villa.

References

↑ Docherty dismissed by Aston Villa board, GEOFFREY GREEN, 20 January 1970, The Times, Issue: 57772
↑ Saunders chosen as Aston Villa's new manager, 5 June 1974, The Times, Issue: 59107
↑ 🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3034
↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3035
↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3036
1 2 "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
↑ Docherty dismissed by Aston Villa board, GEOFFREY GREEN, 20 January 1970, The Times, Issue: 57772
↑ Neil Brown's Aston Villa Player Registry
↑ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

[1] Docherty dismissed by Aston Villa board, GEOFFREY GREEN, 20 January 1970, The Times, Issue: 57772

[2] Saunders chosen as Aston Villa's new manager, 5 June 1974, The Times, Issue: 59107

[3] 🟥 16 Aug 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

[4] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3034

[5] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3035

[6] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3036

[SCD-7] 1 2 "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[8] Docherty dismissed by Aston Villa board, GEOFFREY GREEN, 20 January 1970, The Times, Issue: 57772

[9] Neil Brown's Aston Villa Player Registry

[10] "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

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