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Game #3098

Aston Villa

8-6-3, 22 PTS

Saturday, 7 November 1970

Lost

3rd= (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division Three

Torquay United

Attendance: 28,112

Villa Park

10-2-4, 22 PTS

Aston Villa

0-1

Torquay United

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose to Torquay who leap frog Vic Crowe’s side on goal average to push Villa down to joint third, one point behind new second placed team Bristol Rovers and three behind leaders Fulham. Villa have now dropped eight points out of twenty at home and have scored just ten goals in ten League games at Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 November 1970

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Torquay United
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 0-1, (Torquay United), Micky Cave
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Torquay United

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the second time in four League games to make it eight wins, six draws and three defeats in seventeen division three games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

Torquay United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Torquay United

Previous 5 vs. Torquay: None
None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 7 November 1970

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ray Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lowestoft, 1965-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 38 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 11 🟥 11 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ray Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lowestoft, 1965-1973
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Torquay United

None

TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe names the same line up for the third successive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.58 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.53 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.03 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Allan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Torquay United

GK Mike Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bob Glozier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dick Edwards (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
D Bill Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Mel Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CH Allan Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Micky Cave | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Chris Barnard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Welsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F John Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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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🔁 | D Dick Edwards (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Ian Twitchin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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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 just cannot believe we have lost. “It’s not as if we played badly. “I couldn’t fault anyone on today’s performance.” Ron Wylie, Villa assistant manager.

MATCH REPORT

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