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Game #3122

Aston Villa

16-12-7, 44 PTS

Wednesday, 17 March 1971

Drew

3rd= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division Three

Walsall

Attendance: 37,643

Villa Park

11-8-17, 30 PTS

Aston Villa

0-0

Walsall

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa - having scored only nine goals since January - are held to a fourth successive draw in the soaking conditions against relegation threatened neighbours Walsall. Villa remain joint third, four points off leaders Preston and three behind Fulham.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 17 March 1971

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Walsall
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Chico Hamilton, Sub on, Harry Gregory
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Walsall

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa draw for the fourth successive game to make it sixteen wins, twelve draws and seven defeats in thirty five division three games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

Walsall

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Walsall

Previous 5 vs. Walsall: 🟩 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Wednesday, 17 March 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Bob Matthewson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1968-1977
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 62 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 19 🟥 17 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Bob Matthewson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1968-1977
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 October 1970, Villa 1-0 Carlisle, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Walsall

🟨 🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Dave Gibson replaces Pat McMahon.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.90 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.39 |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Walsall

GK Bob Wesson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Frank Gregg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Stan Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Nick Atthey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Micky Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Alan Deakin (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Train | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Geoff Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Willie Penman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Jimmy Seal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Woodward (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Willie Penman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Colin Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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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

“This was a game we dearly wanted to win. “We did everything but score in the second half and I have no complains about the way the lads played. “I am disappointed that we have dropped another point but with 11 games to go I still believe we have an excellent chance for promotion. “The lack of goals is worrying but I am sure we will get back on the goal standard very shortly.” Vic Crowe.

MATCH REPORT

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