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Game #3077

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 15 August 1970

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Won

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Chesterfield

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Saltergate

Attendance: 16,689

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

Chesterfield

2-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 2' | Brian Godfrey | 28' |

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 15 August 1970

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Pat McMahon, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🥅 | 19’ Goal, 1-1, (Chesterfield), Dave Pugh
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 2-1, Bruce Rioch, Assist by Brian Godfrey
🕒 | HT Chesterfield 1-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 3-1, Bruce Rioch
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 3-2, (Chesterfield), Kevin Randall
🕒 | FT Chesterfield 2-3 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

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 15 August 1970

  • Villa open their first ever third division campaign with victory at Saltergate thanks to a Bruce Rioch brace.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa record their first opening day victory in seven seasons as Villa participate in their first ever game in the English third tier.

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

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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

Chesterfield

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Chesterfield

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Previous 5 vs. Chesterfield: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 15 August 1970

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🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1968–1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 17 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 4 🟥 8 | 1.12

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1968-1981
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 August 1969, Villa 0-2 Swindon, Villa Park.
Cards: None

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

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

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.02 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.30 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.80 |

Referee

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jimmy McGuigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Chesterfield

GK Alan Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Albert Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Charlie Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Albert Phelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Roy Hickton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Fenoughty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Pugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ernie Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Archer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin Randall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB John Lumsden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

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

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

UNAVAILABLE

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Suspension | 1 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

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MATCH QUOTES

“I think the return to the Third Division can help my game a bit. “I didn’t lack confidence last season, but didn’t get many goals. “A lot of goals would be good for me and Villa. “There’s a terrific team spirit at Villa Park now, and to start off with a win away from home was great. “Talking after the match, the lads were delighted and discovered it was the first time we had scored three goals in a match since losing 5-3 to Portsmouth [in January 1970].” Bruce Rioch.
Quotes

🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 15 Aug 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate

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