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Game #3117

Aston Villa

16-8-7, 40 PTS

Saturday, 20 February 1971

Lost

1st= (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division Three

Bury

Attendance: 7,516

Gigg Lane

8-9-13, 25 PTS

Bury

3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose for the second time in three third division games in the worst possible warm up for their third League Cup final. Preston’s win moves them joint top of the table with Villa as Fulham close the gap to one point with their victory as Halifax leapfrog Bristol Rovers into fourth.

KEY MAN

Vic Crowe, second defeat in three third division games, both against the run of play, but Villa stay top, Saturday, 20 February 1971.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 February 1971

🥅 | 7’ Goal, 0-1, (Bury), George Jones
🕒 | HT Bury 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 51’ Goal, 0-2, (Bury), Billy Rudd
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Chico Hamilton, Sub on, Harry Gregory
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 1-2, Own Goal, Allen
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 1-3, (Bury), Tom White
🕒 | FT Bury 3-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's League Cup finalists Villa lose for the second time in three League games to make it sixteen wins, eight draws and seven defeats in thirty one division three games so far this season. As a result, Villa now share top spot with Preston North End on goal average.

Aston Villa

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

Bury

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1902-03

FIXTURE HISTORY

Bury

Previous 5 vs. Bury: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #57 |
Saturday, 20 February 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Peter Baldwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1962-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 57 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 15 🟥 16 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Baldwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1962-1974
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 22 March 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Bury

None

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.11 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.83 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.32 |

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

Tommy McAnearney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Bury

GK John Forrest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Eccleshare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Hugh Tinney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry McDermott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Rudd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W John Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Connelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Tom White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 60' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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IF Ray Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

“It is obviously easier to prepare the team for Wembley than it is to get them in the right frame of mind for a match like this. “While I've been trying to keep the lads front thinking of Wembley until after the Bury game, I have had six weeks to think about my team and plans for the gnat "Nothing I saw at Bury will influence me or change my mind.” Vic Crowe.

MATCH REPORT

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