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Game #3116

Aston Villa

16-8-6, 40 PTS

Saturday, 13 February 1971

Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division Three

Rotherham United

Attendance: 27,183

Villa Park

10-10-9, 30 PTS

Aston Villa

1-0

Rotherham United

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa bounce back from their surprise defeat to Bradford with victory over Rotherham whilst Bristol Rovers beat Fulham and Preston defeat Walsall. As a result Villa remain top of the table, two points ahead of Preston and three ahead of Fulham, both of whom have a game in hand, and four ahead of Rovers who have two games in hand.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 13 February 1971

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Rotherham United
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Chico Hamilton, Sub on, Harry Gregory
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 1-0, Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Rotherham United

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's League Cup finalists Villa bounce back from defeat at Valley Parade to make it sixteen wins, eight draws and six defeats in thirty division three games so far this season

Aston Villa

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

Rotherham United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Rotherham United

Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Saturday, 13 February 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Somerset, 1965-1976 🆘
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

🕒 56 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 15 🟥 15 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Somerset, 1965-1976 🆘
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Caused 5 minutes of injury time, allowed Rotherham players to foul with abandon and awarded a corner for a clear penalty before changing his mind and awarding a free kick
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 4 October 1969, Villa 0-0 Preston, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Rotherham United

None

TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe names the same line up for the third successive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.09 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.81 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.30 |

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 McAnearney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Rotherham United

GK Roy Tunks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Billy Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis Leigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Swift | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Hague | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Hudson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Womble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Rod Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Mullen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF John Fantham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | IF John Fantham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Lee Brogden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 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

MATCH QUOTES

“We got the points which is what matters, but the trouble with these one-nils is that occasionally it’s the other side that gets the goal and you get a Bradford City done on you.” Vic Crowe.

MATCH REPORT

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