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Game #3150

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 13 October 1971

Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Crystal Palace

Attendance: 24,978

Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

Crystal Palace

Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 66' | Chico Hamilton | 83' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Andy Lochhead scores his tenth of the season, and sixth in the League Cup, as Villa beat first division Palace in the third round replay at Villa Park. Villa scored twice, had a clear penalty denied and Palace ‘keeper John Jackson had to make spectacular saves to keep Vic Crowe’s first division side at bay.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 13 October 1971

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace
⚽ | 66' Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Ray Graydon
⚽ | 83' Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Crystal Palace

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa beat First Division Palace to take their place in the Fourth Round of the League Cup for the second successive season and sixth time in eleven League cup campaigns.

Aston Villa

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

Crystal Palace

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Crystal Palace

Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #17 |
Manager Game | #90 |
Wednesday, 13 October 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1962-1973
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 90 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 26 🟥 25 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match:🟨 5 October 1971, Villa 2-2 Palace, Selhurst Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Crystal Palace

None

TEAM NEWS

Brian Tiler replaces Malcolm Beard.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.88 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.46 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.96 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Bert Head | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Crystal Palace

GK John Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Wall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Sam Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John McCormick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Mel Blyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D David Payne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Pinkney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Craven | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Tambling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ross Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Jim Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 2 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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