Football League Division Two
Saturday, August 23, 1969

Aston Villa Swindon Town

HT: 0-2 A.Horsfield (15'), R.Thomas (41')
Attendance:  29,767   Referee:  R.C. Challis



Lineups
1
Evan WILLIAMS
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Mick WRIGHT
               
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
Charlie AITKEN
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Brian TILER
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Dick EDWARDS
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Fred TURNBULL
                 
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Mike FERGUSON
                 
John SMITH
7

8
Ian HAMILTON
               
Arthur HORSFIELD
8
9
Pat MCMAHON
                 
Roger SMART
9
10
Bruce RIOCH  
                 
Peter NOBLE
10
11
Willie ANDERSON
 56'
              
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Brian GODFREY  

56' 
              
Chris JONES
12















Results on Saturday, August 23, 1969: League Table

 
  Aston Villa 0 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 Hull City  
  Blackpool 2 - 0 Birmingham City  
  Bolton Wanderers 2 - 0 Preston North End  
  Bristol City 0 - 2 Cardiff City  
  Carlisle United 1 - 0 Middlesbrough  
  Charlton Athletic 0 - 0 Watford  
  Leicester City 3 - 0 Norwich City  
  Oxford United 0 - 2 Portsmouth  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 2 Millwall  
  Sheffield United 0 - 0 Huddersfield Town  

Table as at Saturday, August 23, 1969:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 4 3 1 0 7 2 3.50
2 Sheffield United 5 3 1 1 12 4 3.00
3 Huddersfield Town 4 3 1 0 7 3 2.33
4 Blackburn Rovers 4 2 2 0 4 1 4.00
5 Bolton Wanderers 4 2 2 0 8 3 2.67
6 Cardiff City 5 2 2 1 8 6 1.33
7 Swindon Town 5 2 2 1 8 7 1.14
8 Norwich City 5 3 0 2 6 6 1.00
9 Charlton Athletic 5 2 2 1 6 6 1.00
10 Leicester City 4 2 1 1 9 5 1.80
11 Blackpool 4 2 1 1 5 4 1.25
12 Middlesbrough 5 2 1 2 6 7 0.86
13 Carlisle United 4 1 2 1 6 6 1.00
14 Hull City 5 2 0 3 5 7 0.71
15 Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 5 8 0.63
16 Oxford United 3 1 0 2 4 5 0.80
17 Millwall 5 0 2 3 6 12 0.50
18 Bristol City 3 1 0 2 1 4 0.25
19 Watford 4 0 2 2 0 2 0.00
20 Preston North End 4 0 1 3 3 7 0.43
21 Birmingham City 4 0 1 3 3 9 0.33
22 Aston Villa 4 0 1 3 1 6 0.17

Key: Promotion Relegation