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Game #3152

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 20 October 1971

Won

3rd= (+1)

DLWLW

Division Three

Attendance: 24,231

Tranmere Rovers

Villa Park

Villa bounce back from successive, though unlucky, third division defeats to beat Tranmere at Villa Park and climb back to joint third, two points off leaders Bournemouth.

Aston Villa

2-0

Tranmere Rovers

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 84' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 20 October 1971

39’ Goal, 0-1, Bruce Rioch
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Tranmere Rovers
84’ Goal, 0-2, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Willie Anderson
FT Aston Villa 2-0 Tranmere Rovers

Cards.
Booking, George Curtis

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa record their first league victory in three games and climb to third in Division Three, two points off leaders AFC Bournemouth as they make it eight wins, one draw and four defeats in division three so far this campaign.

Aston Villa

Tranmere Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Tranmere Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Tranmere: | - | - | - | 🟩 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Wednesday, 20 October 1971

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Ted Jolly, Manchester |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | DLWLW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ted Jolly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1970-1975 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards:

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Tranmere Rovers

🟨 🟨

Ted Jolly

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.90 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 32.48 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 20.98 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

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 |
CF Andy Lochhead |
F Geoff Vowden |

Tranmere Rovers

Johnson, Mathias, Farrimond, Moorcroft, Molyneux, King, Russell, Beamish, Coyne, Storton, Crossley.

Manager: Jackie Wright.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Lionel Martin |

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

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 21 October 1971