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Game #3115

Aston Villa

15-8-6, 38 PTS

Saturday, 6 February 1971

Lost

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division Three

Bradford City

Attendance: 10,029

Valley Parade

10-8-11, 28 PTS

Bradford City

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Despite Villa’s shock defeat against the run of play at Valley Parade they remain top of the table after Fulham and Bristol Rovers are held and Preston defeated.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 6 February 1971

🕒 | HT Bradford City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 0-1, (Bradford City), Bruce Bannister
🕒 | FT Bradford City 1-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's League Cup finalists Villa lose for only the second time in thirteen League and Cup games to make it fifteen wins, eight draws and six defeats in twenty nine division three games so far this season

Aston Villa

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

Bradford City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1910-11

FIXTURE HISTORY

Bradford City

Previous 5 vs. Bradford: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Saturday, 6 February 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Alan Bone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1968-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 55 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 15 🟥 15 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alan Bone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1968-1971
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Bradford City

None

TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.07 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.79 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.28 |

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

Jimmy Wheeler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bradford City

GK Pat Liney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Lee Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Bruce Stowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Peter McConnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Oates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Norman Corner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bruce Bannister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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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No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Peter Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

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

“These teams know we are going to Wembley so they try it on. “When Bradford realised we were not going to be frightened off our game they cooled down soon enough.” Vic Crowe.

MATCH REPORT

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