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Game #3093

Aston Villa

6-6-1, 18 PTS

Saturday, 17 October 1970

Aston Villa

0-0

Chesterfield

Division Three

Chesterfield

4-4-5, 12 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,042

Drew

2nd= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa draw for the fifth successive match in their nine game unbeaten League run to remain second in the table but they are now joined by Torquay and Bristol Rovers who all sit two points behind leaders Fulham.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 17 October 1970

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Harry Gregory
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Chesterfield
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Jimmy Brown, Sub on, Dave Gibson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Chesterfield

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa, although unbeaten in nine League games, and having lost just once this season are held for the fourth successive game to make it six wins, six draws and a defeat in thirteen division three games so far this season. As a result, Villa sit fourth in the table and outside of the promotion places.

Meanwhile, midfielder Harry Gregory made his Villa debut aged 26 after moving from Charlton Athletic for a fee of £7,000 earlier this month.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Chesterfield

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Chesterfield

Previous 5 vs. Chesterfield: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Saturday, 17 October 1970

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Bill Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1970-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 33 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 11 🟥 9 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Bill Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1970-1974
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Harry Gregory replaces Dave Gibson.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.32 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.48 |

Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 17.05 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jimmy McGuigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Chesterfield

GK Alan Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Ken Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Albert Phelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Charlie Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Keith Stott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Lumsden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ernie Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Archer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Pugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Martin Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Kevin Randall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Martin Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Tom Fenoughty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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