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Game #3161

Aston Villa

13-2-5, 28 PTS

Saturday, 18 December 1971

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Won

3rd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Bolton Wanderers

5-7-7, 17 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,767

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

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Bolton Wanderers

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Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 32' | Andy Lochhead | 34' | Willie Anderson | 74' |

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 December 1971

🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Ian Seddon
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-1, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Bruce Rioch
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 2-1, Ray Graydon, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🥅 | 40’ Goal, 2-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Alan Waldron
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Bolton Wanderers
🔁 | 48’ Sub off, Pat McMahon, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
🟨 | 73’ Booking, Andy Lochhead
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 3-2, Charlie Aitken, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Bolton Wanderers

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

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 December 1971
  • Charlie Aitken scores his first goal in six years to clinch three successive wins for Vic Crowe's Villa win for the first time since October to make it thirteen wins, two draws and five defeats in division three so far this campaign. 

  • Over their last six League games, winning five, Villa had scored 21 goals and sat third in the Division Three table, two points behind leaders Notts County. 

  • Meanwhile, Pat McMahon returned as a substitute after 26 games out with a dislocated and broken ankle suffered on the opening day of the season.

  • Villa extend their unbeaten run to five wins in six as they win for the third consecutive game.

  • After 20 games Villa sit joint third with Swansea, two points off joint leaders County and Bournemouth as the top four all win.

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

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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

Bolton Wanderers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58

FIXTURE HISTORY
Bolton Wanderers
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Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #101 |
Saturday, 18 December 1971

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🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Tony Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leigh on Sea, 1969-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 101 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 27 🟥 29 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tony Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leigh on Sea, 1969-1972

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Andy Lochhead

CARDS
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🟨 🟨

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

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.85 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.64 |

Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 18.22 |

Referee

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bolton Wanderers

GK Charlie Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Paul Hallows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Warwick Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Harry Mowbray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Peter Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Waldron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Ian Seddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Roy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Chris Duffey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Garry Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 48' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Alan Waldron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Don McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

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

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park

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