Game #3133
Aston Villa
19-15-12, 53 PTS
Tuesday, 4 May 1971
Won
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division Three
Reading
Attendance: 16,694
Villa Park
14-11-21, 39 PTS
Aston Villa
2-1
Reading
Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 1' |
MATCH SUMMARY
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 4 May 1971
⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Willie Anderson, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Reading
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 1-1, (Reading), Dick Habbin
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 2-1, Own Goal, Terry Bell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Reading
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa end the season with nineteen wins, fifteen draws and twelve defeats in forty six division three games.
A season which had promised so much ended with a brave cup final defeat but a collapse in form thereafter that would mean Villa would spend a second successive season in the third tier.
Sitting top of the League in February, a record of seven losses, seven draws and just three wins in seventeen games left Villa fourth in division three and two places off the promotion places.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Reading
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Reading
Previous 5 vs. Reading: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #57 |
League Match | #46 |
Manager Game | #73 |
Tuesday, 4 May 1971
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 73 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 22 🟥 22 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Geoff Crudgington replaces John Dunn.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.54 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 31.03 |
Youngest Player |
GK Geoff Crudgington | 🏴 | 19.23 |
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Crudgington | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 🔴 |
MANAGER
Jack Mansell | 🏴 |
Reading
GK John Pratt | 🏴 |
RB Will Dixon | 🏴 |
CB Barry Wagstaff | 🏴 |
LB Dennis Butler | 🏴 |
CH Freddie Sharpe | 🏴 |
M Tony Wagstaff | 🏴 |
M John Harley | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cumming | 🏴 |
F Les Chappell | 🏴 |
F Dick Habbin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Terry Bell | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Harry Gregory | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Malcolm Swain | 🏴 |
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 | 1 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
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
🔴 F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 1967-71 | 🕒 159 | 156 (3) | ⚽ 23 | 🔥 22 | 🇺 2 | #523 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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