Game #3129
Aston Villa
18-14-10, 50 PTS
Saturday, 17 April 1971
Won
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division Three
Attendance: 18,406
Rochdale
Villa Park
11-14-17, 36 PTS
Villa beat Rochdale - their second win in twelve third division games - and make fourth place their own but they are now five points off second placed Preston with eight points left available. Frank Upton, Villa’s youth team coach, leads the team as both Vic Crowe and Ron Wylie are a little bizarrely absent scouting new players. Villa face Preston next and must win to keep their feint hopes of a promotion place alive.
Aston Villa
1-0
Rochdale
Assist(s) | Dave Gibson | 7' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 April 1971
⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Dave Gibson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Rochdale
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Rochdale
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa win for the second time in twelve games to make it eighteen wins, fourteen draws and ten defeats in forty two division three games so far this season as they back back into fourth place and close the gap to the second promotion place to five points.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Rochdale
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Rochdale
Previous 5 vs. Rochdale: 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #53 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Saturday, 17 April 1971
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 69 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 21 🟥 20 | 1.52
Career Form:
Top 8
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Pat Partridge
CARDS
Villa
None
Rochdale
None
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.56 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 30.98 |
Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 20.47 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Dick Conner | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 |
Rochdale
GK Tony Godfrey | 🏴 |
D Graham Smith | 🏴 |
LB Derek Ryder | 🏴 |
CH Colin Parry | 🏴 |
M Ronnie Blair | 🇬🇧 |
M Bobby Downes | 🏴 |
W Dennis Butler | 🏴 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴 |
F Reg Jenkins | 🏴 |
F Tony Buck | 🏴 |
F Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴 | (M Hughen Riley | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Harry Gregory | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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