Aston Villa On Tour - USA 1969

Images and clippings from Villa's tour of America in 1969

In the Summer of '69 Tommy Docherty's team were invited to the States by former Villan Phil Woosnam to help him rejuvenate the NASL (North American Soccer League)

They took part in the 'International Cup' as well as two exhibition matches as part of the tour and the idea was that each of the British clubs would represent five different NASL clubs.

Villa took on the guise of the Atlanta Chiefs, while Wolves (Kansas City Spurs), West Ham (Baltimore Boys), Dundee United (Dallas Tornado) and Kilmarnock (St Louis) also took part. Below are a random collection of images and press cutting from Villa's trip.

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