Game #3155
Aston Villa
9-1-5, 19 PTS
Saturday, 30 October 1971
Won
4th= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division Three
Blackburn Rovers
Attendance: 25,588
Villa Park
3-3-9, 9 PTS
Aston Villa
4-1
Blackburn Rovers
Assist(s) | Geoff Vowden | 5' | 42' | Andy Lochhead | 19' | Willie Anderson | 23' |
MATCH SUMMARY
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 October 1971
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Neil Rioch, Assist by Geoff Vowden
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 2-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Andy Lochhead
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 3-0, Neil Rioch, Assist by Willie Anderson
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 3-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Tony Field
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 4-1, Willie Anderson, Assist by Geoff Vowden
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn Rovers
🟨 | 48' Booking, Neil Rioch, Tackle
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Dave Gibson, Sub on, Brian Little 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn Rovers
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa win for only the second time in five games as they return to goalscoring form to dispatch Blackburn. As a result Villa make it nine wins, one draw and five defeats in division three so far this campaign. Meanwhile, Brian Little made his Villa debut aged 17 after joining from school football in June 1969.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Blackburn Rovers
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Saturday, 30 October 1971
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴 | Plymouth, 1966-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 95 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 26 🟥 28 | 1.57
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴 | Plymouth, 1966-1973 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Neil Rioch, Mick Wright and Dave Gibson replace Charlie Aitken, Fred Turnbull and Harry Gregory.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 30.66 |
Youngest Player |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴 | 20.56 |
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Ken Furphy | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK Roger Jones | 🏴 |
FB Mick Heaton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Mick Wood | 🏴 |
LB Gerry Farrell | 🏴 |
M Terry Garbett | 🏴 |
M Ben Arentoft | 🇩🇰 |
M Gerry McDonald | 🏴 |
W Johnny Price | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Terry Eccles | 🏴 |
F Barry Endean | 🏴 |
F Tony Field | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🟢 | for F Dave Gibson | 🏴 | 69' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Johnny Price | 🏴 | (W Bill Dunning | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 |
Suspension | 1 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
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
🟢 F Brian Little | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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