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Game #3142

Aston Villa

3-1-1, 7 PTS

Saturday, 11 September 1971

Won

5th= (+5)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Brighton & Hove Albion

Attendance: 25,812

Villa Park

3-0-2, 6 PTS

Aston Villa

2-0

Brighton & Hove Albion

Assist(s) | Brian Tiler | 60' | Andy Lochhead | 67' |

MATCH SUMMARY

A Chico Hamilton inspired Villa climb back to fifth in the table, three points off leaders Notts County with a game in hand, as they beat fellow promotion chasers Brighton at Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 September 1971

🟨 | 23’ Booking, Harry Gregory
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Harry Gregory, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon. Assist by Brian Tiler
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 2-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa make it three wins, one draw and a defeat in division three so far this campaign and sit fifth in Division Three on seven points, three points off leaders Notts County but with a game in hand.

Aston Villa

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

Brighton & Hove Albion

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Brighton & Hove Albion

Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #82 |
Saturday, 11 September 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 82 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 | 25 🟥 23 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Brighton & Hove Albion

None

TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe names the same line up for the third successive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.77 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.53 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 24.03 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Pat Saward (ex) | 🇮🇪 |

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Brighton & Hove Albion

GK Brian Powney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stewart Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Templeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Napier | 🇬🇧 |
LB Eddie Spearitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bert Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter O’Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Bernie Lutton | 🇬🇧 |
F Mark Gall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kit Napier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Willie Irvine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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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M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Alan Duffy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 1 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

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