Game #3112
Aston Villa
14-7-5, 35 PTS
Saturday, 16 January 1971
1st= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
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 | 🏴 |
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
CF Dave Gibson | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Geoff Crudgington | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 |
CF Dave Gibson | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
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 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Won
1-0
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Bruce Rioch | 31' |
Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 31' |
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
Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Saturday, 16 January 1971
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴 | Leicester, 1971-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴 | Leicester, 1971-1975
Linesmen: R. Dunford (Neath); W. H. Bombroff (Bristol)
Previous 5 vs. Port Vale: 🟩 🟩 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 4 | 🟩 W3 (75% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(75% ) | 🟥 L1 (25% ) | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 5 | GD 5
Match Stats
Not recorded
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
🕒 52 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 14 🟥 14 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division Three
Port Vale
10-4-12, 24 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,965
GK Stuart Sherratt | 🏴 |
D Clint Boulton | 🏴 |
CB Bill Summerscales | 🏴 |
CB Roy Cross | 🏴 |
M John Green | 🏴 |
M Tony Lacey | 🏴 |
M Bobby Gough | 🏴 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴 |
W Mike Morris | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
F John James | 🏴 |
Gordon Lee (ex) | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | W Mike Morris | 🏴 | (M Tommy McLaren | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Stuart Sherratt | 🏴 |
Defenders
D Clint Boulton | 🏴 |
CB Bill Summerscales | 🏴 |
CB Roy Cross | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M John Green | 🏴 |
M Tony Lacey | 🏴 |
M Bobby Gough | 🏴 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴 |
M Tommy McLaren | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Mike Morris | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Sammy Morgan (ft) | 🇬🇧 |
F John James | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
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.
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.
Starting XI
Substitutes
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Sub 3
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Sub 4
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Sub 5
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Match Media
What they Said
“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.