Game #3112
Aston Villa
14-7-5, 35 PTS
Saturday, 16 January 1971
Won
1st= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division Three
Attendance: 28,965
Port Vale
Villa Park
10-4-12, 24 PTS
Aston Villa
1-0
Port Vale
Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 31' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Bristol Rovers lose again, Fulham are held and Villa win to catapult them into joint first place behind Rovers only on goal average. Villa’s goal once again comes from Bruce Rioch and is from a planned move that brought success against Shrewsbury and Vale and had become a major tactical feature of Villa’s play as Brian Godfrey taps the ball forward to Rioch who shoots through the defensive wall within which Pat McMahon has broken away to create space.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 January 1971
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Bruce Rioch, Assist by Brian Godfrey
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Port Vale
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Port Vale
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's League Cup finalists Villa make it fourteen wins, seven draws and five defeats in twenty six division three games so far this season to climb to joint first in the table, level on points with leaders Bristol Rovers, separated on goal average.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Port Vale
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Port Vale
Previous 5 vs. Port Vale: 🟩 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Saturday, 16 January 1971
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴 | Leicester, 1966-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 52 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 14 🟥 14 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴 | Leicester, 1966-1975
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Gordon Hill
CARDS
Villa
None
Port Vale
None
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.31 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 30.73 |
Youngest Player |
GK Geoff Crudgington | 🏴 | 18.93 |
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Crudgington | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Gordon Lee (ex) | 🏴 |
Port Vale
GK Stuart Sherratt | 🏴 |
D Clint Boulton | 🏴 |
CB Bill Summerscales | 🏴 |
CB Roy Cross | 🏴 |
LH John Green | 🏴 |
M Tony Lacey | 🏴 |
M Bobby Gough | 🏴 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴 |
W Mike Morris | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
F John James | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Mike Morris | 🏴 | (M Tommy McLaren | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Dave Gibson | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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 | 3 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
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
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I’m glad his team [ex Villa team mate Gordon Lee] lost today.
“There can be no room for sentiment in football.
“I don’t care who manages the opposition - if it was my own brother I would still want to beat him. This can be the only way.
“It’s a nice position to be in [top of the table].”
“[Geoff Crudgington] has played extremely well and these couple of games will have been a very good experience for him.”
Vic Crowe.
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