Game #3110
Aston Villa
12-7-5, 31 PTS
Saturday, 2 January 1971
Lost
2nd= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division Three
Walsall
Attendance: 19,203
Fellows Park
8-4-12, 20 PTS
Walsall
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 January 1971
🥅 | 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
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Walsall
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Walsall
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 | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick | 🏴 | Leicester, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 50 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 14 🟥 14 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick | 🏴 | Leicester, 1966-1979
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
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 | 🏴 |
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
Bill Moore | 🏴 |
Walsall
GK Bob Wesson | 🏴 |
FB Frank Gregg | 🏴 |
CB Stan Jones | 🏴 |
CB Stan Bennett | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Micky Evans | 🏴 |
LH Alan Deakin (ex) | 🏴 |
W Geoff Morris | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Colin Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Willie Penman | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Seal | 🏴 |
CF John Woodward (ex) | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 | for F Dave Gibson | 🏴 | 56' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Colin Harrison | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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