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Game #3127

Aston Villa

17-13-10, 47 PTS

Saturday, 10 April 1971

Lost

4th= (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division Three

Shrewsbury Town

Attendance: 13,636

Gay Meadow

12-11-15, 35 PTS

Shrewsbury Town

2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 73' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa are the only side in the top four not to pick up points as Preston draw and Fulham, Halifax and Bristol Rovers win. As a result Villa fall back to joint fourth, behind Rovers on goal average and seven points off the promotion places with six games and twelve points left to play.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 April 1971

🥅 | 24’ Goal, 0-1, (Shrewsbury Town), Alan Groves
🕒 | HT Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Harry Gregory, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 1-1, Fred Turnbull, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🟨 | 75' Booking, Bruce Rioch, Foul
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 1-2, (Shrewsbury Town), Dave Roberts
🟨 | Booking, Pat McMahon
🕒 | FT Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa make their first ever League visit to Shrewsbury as they recorded a second successive loss to seventeen wins, thirteen draws and ten defeats in forty division three games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

Shrewsbury Town

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Shrewsbury Town

Previous 5 vs. Shrewsbury: 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Saturday, 10 April 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 67 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 20 🟥 20 | 1.51

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984 🆘
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
🆘 Booking players as usual to the confusion of those watching
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 15 November 1969, Villa 0-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨

Shrewsbury Town

🟨

TEAM NEWS

Pat McMahon and Bruce Rioch replace Brian Godfrey and Dave Gibson.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.79 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.11 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 23.61 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |

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Shrewsbury Town

GK Ken Mulhearn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Tony Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Bevan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Matthias | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Geoff Fellows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dave Roberts (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jim McLaughlin | 🇬🇧 |
W Alan Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

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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CB Peter Dolby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

"Me? I'm the happiest man In the ground. "I played with six of the present Villa side before I was transferred three years ago." Shrewsbury goalscorer, Dave Roberts. “Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for it. But there was a foul in midfield just before the goal and Villa should have been given a free kick.” Shrewsbury manager, Harry Gregg.

MATCH REPORT

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