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Game #3110

Saturday, 2 January 1971

Attendance: 19,203

Lost

Division Three

2nd= (-)

Walsall

DDWWL

Fellows Park

Villa suffer a shock defeat to fifth from bottom Walsall but remain second in the table, level on points with Fulham. Villa though are four points behind leaders Bristol Rovers - who they play next - and Torquay, two points behind now have two games in hand on Vic Crowe’s side. Villa’s defeat is however overshadowed by the news that ‘keeper John Dunn was involved in a car crash in West Bromwich the following day to leave him hospitalised.

Walsall

3-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

22’ Goal, 0-1, (Walsall), Geoff Morris
35’ Goal, 0-2, (Walsall), Geoff Morris
HT Walsall 2-0 Aston Villa
55’ Goal, 0-3, (Walsall, pen), Colin Taylor
56’ Sub off, Dave Gibson, Sub on, Bruce Rioch
89’ Missed penalty, Willie Anderson
FT Walsall 3-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's League Cup finalists Villa open 1971 with a humiliation at Fellows Park as they fail to score for the first time in twelve games and are hammered by Walsall to make it twelve wins, seven draws and five defeats in twenty four division three games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Walsall

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Walsall: | - | - | - | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Saturday, 2 January 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Roger Kirkpatrick, Leicester |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-3 |
Last 5 Games | DDWWL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1966-1979 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Walsall

None

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.88 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 30.69 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 20.19 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

MANAGER

Aston Villa

GK John Dunn |
D Keith Bradley |
CB Fred Turnbull |
CB Brian Tiler |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Chico Hamilton |
M Willie Anderson |
M Pat McMahon |
CF Andy Lochhead |
F Brian Godfrey |
F Dave Gibson |

Walsall

Wesson, Gregg, Evans, Penman, Jones, Bennett, Morris (g), Woodward (ex), Seal, Deakin, Taylor (g).

Manager: Bill Moore.

SUBSTITUTES

M Bruce Rioch for F Dave Gibson | 56' |

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

George Curtis
Mick Wright

UNAVAILABLE

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“John Dunn’s unfortunate accident is a blow but I refuse to be panicked.

“I shall wait to see what our specialist has to say before I come to any decisions [about bringing in a replacement ‘keeper.]

“It would be foolish to do anything hasty until I know the full extent of the damage.

“He will have an operation later this week.

“We may have to try to borrow an experienced goalkeeper if Dunn does not make a quick recovery.

“But it is not always easy to get a good man for the job.”

Vic Crowe.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 4 January 1971