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Game #3140

Saturday, 4 September 1971

Attendance: 11,470

Lost

Division Three

10th= (-9)

Bolton Wanderers

DDWWL

Burnden Park

Villa tumble to joint tenth in the table after their first defeat of the season but they have played a game less than early leaders Notts County who sit three points ahead of Vic Crowe’s side.

Bolton Wanderers

2-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

41’ Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Roger Hunt
HT Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
55’ Goal, 0-2, (Bolton Wanderers), John Byrom
FT Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Aston Villa

Cards.
34’ Booking, Bruce Rioch, Kick

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa lose and fail to score for the first time this season to make it two wins, one draw and a defeat in division three so far this campaign.

Aston Villa

Bolton Wanderers

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58

FIXTURE HISTORY

Bolton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Saturday, 4 September 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Maurice Fussey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Retford, 1960-1972
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-2 |
Last 5 Games | DDWWL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Maurice Fussey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Retford, 1960-1972
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Bolton Wanderers

None

Maurice Fussey

TEAM NEWS

Tommy Hughes replaces Geoff Crudgington.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.75 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 30.51 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 24.01 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

Aston Villa

GK Tommy Hughes |
CB Fred Turnbull |
LB Charlie Aitken |
CB Brian Tiler |
D Keith Bradley |
M Harry Gregory |
M Willie Anderson |
M Bruce Rioch |
W Ray Graydon |
CF Andy Lochhead |
F Geoff Vowden |

Bolton Wanderers

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Chico Hamilton |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Pat McMahon

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"I certainly had no intention of hurting him.

"If the referee says he took my name for kicking - he didn't say what it was for at the time - then all I can say is that it wasn't meant."

Bruce Rioch.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 6 September 1971