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Game #3095

Aston Villa

7-6-2, 20 PTS

Saturday, 24 October 1970

Won

2nd= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division Three

Tranmere Rovers

Attendance: 20,676

Villa Park

4-5-5, 13 PTS

Aston Villa

1-0

Tranmere Rovers

Assist(s) | Andy Lochhead | 53' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa bounce back from their first League defeat in ten to win for the first time in eight League games and record their first third division victory at Villa Park in nine. However with Fulham also winning, and having drawn in midweek, they sit three points clear of Vic Crowe’s side on top of the table as Villa share second place with Bristol Rovers. Villa’s win comes despite a disruptive performance from the referee who awarded 56 free kicks, booked for players and awarded a penalty.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 October 1970

🟨 | Booking, Andy Lochhead, Foul
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tranmere Rovers
🟨 | 51’ Booking, Brian Godfrey
💥 | 53' Missed penalty, Willie Anderson
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Tranmere Rovers

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa score for the first time in three games and win for the first time in six as they make it seven wins, six draws and two defeats in fifteen division three games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

Tranmere Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Tranmere Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Tranmere: None
None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Saturday, 24 October 1970

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Bob Raby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1970-1974 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 35 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 11 🟥 10 | 1.51

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Bob Raby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1970-1974 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Over-used the whistle to award 50 free kicks
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨

Tranmere Rovers

🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

George Curtis, Pat McMahon and Keith Bradley replace Jimmy Brown, Brian Tiler and Mick Wright.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.49 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.99 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Jackie Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tranmere Rovers

GK Frankie Lane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Brian Joy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Moorcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Storton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ray Mathias | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Eric Brodie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Frank Gill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Malcolm Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jim Hinch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Ken Beamish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Subsitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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D Ray Pointon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

“I don’t want to comment about the referee but I’m afraid it wasn’t much of a match for our supporters to see. “It was never dirty or violent but I have never seen so many free kicks. “The game just wasn’t allowed to get going.” Vic Crowe.

MATCH REPORT

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