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Game #3114

Aston Villa

15-8-5, 38 PTS

Saturday, 30 January 1971

Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division Three

Fulham

Attendance: 33,343

Villa Park

13-8-6, 34 PTS

Aston Villa

1-0

Fulham

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa beat third placed Fulham and second placed Bristol Rovers once again don’t play to allow Villa to extend their lead at the top of the table to two points over new second placed side Preston, three points over Rovers and four over beaten opponents Fulham. In remarkable scenes at Villa Park Fulham are denied two plausible penalty appeals before Villa are awarded one which leads to Fulham’s Jimmy Dunne shoving the referee - who only receives a booking - before Fulham boss Bill Dodgin angrily remonstrates with the referee after the game despite Fulham’s rough house tactics having seen them commit 18 fouls in the first half alone.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 30 January 1971

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Fulham
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 1-0, Willie Anderson, pen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's League Cup finalists Villa make it fifteen wins, eight draws and five defeats in twenty eight division three games so far this season. As a result, Villa climb clear at the top of the table having collected 38 points. Second placed Preston North End however have a game in hand and are two points behind whilst Bristol Rovers, in third, are three points behind with two games in hand.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Fulham

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Fulham

Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 30 January 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Keith Styles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1967-1979 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 54 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 15 🟥 14 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Styles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1967-1979 🆘
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 2
🆘 Allowed the game to become overly physical
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 31 October 1970, Villa 5-3 Reading, Elm Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Fulham

🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Charlie Aitken replaces Jimmy Brown.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.05 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.77 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.26 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Dodgin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Fulham

GK Malcolm Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Fred Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Reg Matthewson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dunne | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
D Dave Morline | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Wilf Tranter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Les Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jim Conway | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
F Vic Halom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Jim Conway | 🇮🇪 | (CB John Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

"No one is going to knock us off the top of the table now.” We're there to stay. “It has taken us half a season to get used to the Third Division and now we know what it's all about. "We have got our rhythm going and have strung together the right pattern of results winning at home and picking up as many points as possible away. "Bristol Rovers and Fulham have been shaken off in matches worth four points. “They both have games In hand but we have the points. “I think it is better to be sitting on top and looking down at the others rather than being third or fourth and wondering if you can close the points gap.” Brian Godfrey. “It’s nice to hear that Brian is so confident.” Vic Crowe.

MATCH REPORT

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