Game #3108
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 23 December 1970
Aston Villa
2-1
Manchester United
League Cup
Manchester United
Villa Park
Attendance: 58,667
Won
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 37' | Willie Anderson | 72' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 23 December 1970
🥅 | 14’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Brian Kidd
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-1, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Brian Godfrey
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester United
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-1, Pat McMahon, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa beat first division side United in the League Cup semi final second leg at Villa Park to win the tie on aggregate and qualify for their third League Cup final having won the trophy in 1960-61 and finished runners up in 1962-63 and in so doing become the first third tier club to ever reach an English Cup final.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Manchester United
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1967-68
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #48 |
Wednesday, 23 December 1970
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: George Hartley | 🏴 | Wakefield, 1968-1973 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Aggregate Result: 🟩 3-2
Aggregate Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 48 | 🟩 | 21 🟨 | 14 🟥 13 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: George Hartley | 🏴 | Wakefield, 1968-1973 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe names the same line up for the fourth successive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.85 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 30.67 |
Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 20.16 |
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Wilf McGuinness | 🏴 |
Manchester United
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB David Sadler | 🏴 |
CB Ian Ure | 🏴 |
LB John Fitzpatrick | 🏴 |
M Pat Crerand | 🏴 |
M Bobby Charlton | 🏴 |
W Willie Morgan | 🏴 |
W George Best | 🇬🇧 |
CF Brian Kidd | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Denis Law | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
LB Francis Burns | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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