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Game #3147

Aston Villa

7-1-2, 15 PTS

Saturday, 2 October 1971

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Won

1st= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Bristol Rovers

4-2-4, 10 PTS

Eastville Stadium

Attendance: 20,428

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

Bristol Rovers

0-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 75' |

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 October 1971

💥 | 48’ Missed penalty (Bristol Rovers), Sandy Allan
🕒 | HT Bristol Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 1-0, Willie Anderson, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Bristol Rovers 0-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 October 1971
  • Villa record their third successive away victory and after 10 games they sit top of the third division, level on points with Bournemouth but ahead on goal average and two points ahead of the chasing pack.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa make it seven wins, one draw and two defeats in division three so far this campaign.

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Bristol Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Bristol Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Bristol Rovers: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Saturday, 2 October 1971

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🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Wrennall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1971-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 87 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 25 🟥 24 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Wrennall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1971-1976

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.93 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.43 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.93 |

Referee

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Malcolm Beard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Dodgin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol Rovers

GK Dick Sheppard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Phil Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Lindsay Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frankie Prince | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Wayne Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bryn Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Kenny Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Harold Jarman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Sandy Allan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Kenny Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Mike Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

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

Squad Bios

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 3 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 2 Oct 1971, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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