1969–70 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1969–70 English football season was Aston Villa's 70th 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.[1] Vic Crowe was subsequently appointed manager.[2]

Aston Villa
1969–70 season
Chairman Doug Ellis
Manager(1) Tommy Docherty
(2) Vic Crowe
StadiumVilla Park
Second Division21st
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round

Bruce Rioch 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 and Freddie Mwila 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 who would later coach the Zambian national team. Kapengwe made three football league appearances and Mwila featured only once,[3] becoming the second and third black players to play for Villa since Willie Clarke in 1901. Unfortunately, results were not very good and Villa were relegated to the third division. Docherty left the team and the duo decided to come back home after 9 months with Villa.


Second Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion 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 42 8 13 21 36 62 0.581 29 Relegated
22 Preston North End 42 8 12 22 43 63 0.683 28
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References
  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. Neil Brown's Aston Villa Player Registry


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