Game #3116
Aston Villa
16-8-6, 40 PTS
Saturday, 13 February 1971


Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division Three
Rotherham United
10-10-9, 30 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,183
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Rotherham United

Assist(s) | None
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park


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
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 13 February 1971
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.
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
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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: ❌
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Saturday, 13 February 1971
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🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴 | Somerset, 1966-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
🕒 56 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 15 🟥 15 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴 | Somerset, 1966-1976
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
🆘 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
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Vic Crowe names the same line up for the third successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.09 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 30.81 |
Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 20.30 |
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974

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 | 🏴 |

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 | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Harry Gregory | 🏴 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 75' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | IF John Fantham | 🏴 | (W Lee Brogden | 🏴 |)

🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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

🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Harry Gregory | 🏴 | | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 13 Feb 1971, Villa 1-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

