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Game #3120

Aston Villa

16-10-7, 42 PTS

Wednesday, 10 March 1971

Drew

3rd= (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Division Three

Gillingham

Attendance: 10,812

Priestfield

7-10-17, 24 PTS

Gillingham

0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa are held to a second successive draw to climb back to joint third in the table with Halifax, three points behind new leaders Preston. Villa face Halifax next.

KEY MAN

Vic Crowe, successive draws leave Villa joint third, three points off the top, Wednesday, 10 March 1971.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 10 March 1971

🕒 | HT Gillingham 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Chico Hamilton, Sub on, Geoff Vowden 🟢
🕒 | FT Gillingham 0-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa draw for the second successive game to make it sixteen wins, ten draws and seven defeats in thirty three division three games so far this season. Meanwhile, forward Geoff Vowden made his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from second division neighbours Birmingham City for fee of £12,500 earlier this month.

Aston Villa

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

Gillingham

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Gillingham

Previous 5 vs. Gillingham: 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #60 |
Wednesday, 10 March 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 60 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 17 🟥 17 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Gillingham

None

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.15 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.88 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.37 |

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

Basil Hayward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Gillingham

GK John Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Jim McVeigh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Galvin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Quirke | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ray Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Peach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dick Tydeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Darrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Andy Smillie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Yeo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mike Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67' |

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 Ken Pound | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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

🟢 F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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