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Game #3100

Aston Villa

9-6-4, 24 PTS

Saturday, 14 November 1970

Lost

3rd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division Three

Halifax Town

Attendance: 5,845

The Shay

8-3-7, 19 PTS

Halifax Town

2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 78' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose for the third time in six League games and second in three as they are beaten at the Shay as they fall four points behind leaders Fulham, three behind Bristol Rovers and share third place with Preston. Villa’s defeat comes at the hands of ex-Villa youth player Billy Atkins whilst Fred Turnbull, on loan at Halifax in 1969-70, scores Villa’s consolation.

KEY MAN

Fred Turnbull, scored late but Villa lose again, Saturday, 14 November 1970.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 November 1970

🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Halifax Town), Billy Atkins
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-2, (Halifax Town), Billy Atkins
🕒 | HT Halifax Town 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 1-2, Fred Turnbull, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Halifax Town 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mick Wright, Late tackle

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the second time in three League games and third time in five to make it nine wins, six draws and four defeats in nineteen division three games so far this season. As a result, Villa fall back to fourth place in Division Three, two points behind leaders Fulham.

Aston Villa

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

Halifax Town

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Halifax Town

Previous 5 vs. Halifax: None
None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Saturday, 14 November 1970

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 40 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 11 🟥 12 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 September 1969, Villa 1-2 Albion, Villa Park. 🆘
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Halifax Town

None

TEAM NEWS

Lew Chatterley and Harry Gregory replace George Curtis and Andy Lochhead.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.77 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.56 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.05 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MANAGER

George Kirby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Halifax Town

GK Alex Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Andy Burgin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jeff Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lammie Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bob Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Lennard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dave Chadwick | 🇮🇳 |
W Phil McCarthy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bill Atkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Keith Brierley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Tony Rhodes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

MATCH REPORT

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