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Game #3112

Saturday, 16 January 1971

Attendance: 28,965

Won

Division Three

1st= (+1)

Port Vale

WWLWW

Villa Park

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.

Aston Villa

1-0

Port Vale

Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 31' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

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

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 |
Referee | Gordon Hill, Leicester |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 1-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWLWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1966-1975
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Port Vale

None

Gordon Hill

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

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

Aston Villa

GK Geoff Crudgington |
D Keith Bradley |
CB Fred Turnbull |
CB Brian Tiler |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Chico Hamilton |
M Willie Anderson |
M Pat McMahon |
M Bruce Rioch |
CF Andy Lochhead |
F Brian Godfrey |

Port Vale

Sherratt, Boulton, Lacey, Summerscales, Cross, Green, Morris (McLaren), Gough, Morgan (ex), Horton, James.

Manager: Gordon Lee.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Dave Gibson |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

George Curtis
Mick Wright
John Dunn

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

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

“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.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 18 January 1971