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Game #3118

Saturday, 27 February 1971

Attendance: 100,000

Lost

League Cup Final

Final

Tottenham Hotspur

WLWLL

Wembley Stadium

Villa lose in their record third League Cup final against first division Tottenham but Vic Crowe's side are the toast of Wembley and football for their remarkable performance.

Aston Villa

0-2

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | None |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
78’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Martin Chivers
81’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Martin Chivers
FT Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa light up Wembley with a magnificent performance that pushes first division Tottenham all the way but the top flight side end with the trophy and Villa now must focus on promotion.

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

FIXTURE HISTORY

Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #42 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Saturday, 27 February 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hereford, 1959-1972
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-2 |
Last 5 Games | WLWLL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hereford, 1959-1972
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Tottenham Hotspur

None

Jim Finney

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.12 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 30.85 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 20.34 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

Aston Villa

GK John Dunn |
D Keith Bradley |
CB Fred Turnbull |
CB Brian Tiler |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Chico Hamilton |
M Willie Anderson |
M Pat McMahon |
M Bruce Rioch |
CF Andy Lochhead |
F Brian Godfrey |

Tottenham Hotspur

Jennings, Beal, Kinnear, Knowles, Perryman, Collins, Mullery, Neighbour, Peters, Chivers (g) (g), Gilzean.

Manager: Bill Nicholson.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Dave Gibson |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

George Curtis
Mick Wright

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"The performance was tremendous, but the result was disappointing.

“It was a great test of character and ability and the players came through it very well.

“I was proud of everyone of them.

“Fear is the biggest factor in matches like this.

“Not enough attention is paid to psychology in soccer.

“Players can be afraid to lose and if that’s the case you do lose.

“I told the lads to forget about this. Take the ball to Spurs I said. Attack them.

“Of course we are disappointed but if we had to lose I would rather it was this way.

“We were far from disgraced and the lads can hold their heads high.

“I don't feel that the defeat will damage our promotion hopes, but we will have to wait and see if there is any reaction from the players.

“We will know that after Friday night when we have played at Tranmere.

"This [promotion] is still the big prize for us and has been our target all season.

“We could have been into Europe now, but it would not have really meant much to us unless promotion followed.

"In my estimation it [the Cup final defeat] shouldn’t affect them.

“The players did everything but win the Cup.

“It was most probably the happiest losing finalists's dressing room of all time.”

Vic Crowe.



"All the players know the job we have to do now.

“Promotion means everything to us and i still feel we will he back in the Second Division next season.”

Brian Godfrey.



"The only difference between the sides was that Spurs took their chances and we didn’t.

“I went past Phil Beal and shot. It rebounded from Jennings and I hit it again, I thought it was a certain goal but Beal just got a toe to it.”

Bruce Rioch.



"I should have scored easily. but I fouled Peter Collins by pushing him into Pat Jennings and hesitated thinking that the whistle would go for a foul.

“I though I had hit the ball well enough but my shot struck Jennings and it seemed to lose its pace as it rolled towards goal.

“I was surprised when the referee only awarded a throw in after Steve Perryman came from nowhere to clear the ball near the line.”

Andy Lochhead.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 1 March 1971