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Game #3081

Aston Villa

2-1-1, 5 PTS

Monday, 31 August 1970

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Lost

3rd= (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division Three

Mansfield Town

3-1-0, 7 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,862

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-1

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Mansfield Town

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 31 August 1970

🔁 | 35’ Sub off, Pat McMahon (concussion), Sub on, Brian Tiler
🟨 | 43' Booking, Andy Lochhead, Retaliation
🚑 | 44’ Player retires from field of play with injury, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Mansfield Town
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 0-1, (Mansfield Town), Malcolm Partridge
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Mansfield Town

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

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 31 August 1970
  • Villa lose concussion victim Pat McMahon after 35 minutes before losing Bruce Rioch to injury on the stroke of time to leave Villa to play the second half with ten men. Villa lose for the first time in the third tier.

  • Villa face Mansfield Town for the first time in competitive football, Mansfield become the 98th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the first time this season to make it two wins, a draw and a defeat in four division three games so far this season. Villa's unbeaten run ended as they were forced to play with ten men for more than half the game as concussed midfielder Pat McMahon left the field on 33 minutes followed by fellow midfielder Bruce Rioch soon after.

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, 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

Mansfield Town

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Mansfield Town
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Previous 5 vs. Mansfield: None

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

Mansfield Town

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Mansfield Town

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Monday, 31 August 1970

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🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Arthur Dimond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1967-1970
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 5 🟥 9 | 1.24

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Dimond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1967-1970

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Andy Lochhead

CARDS
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🟨 🟨 🟨

🆘 Harsh decisions on both teams throughout

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

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.06 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.35 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.85 |

Referee

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

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

Jock Basford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Mansfield Town

GK Graham Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Sandy Pate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Phil Waller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Clive Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Stenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Goodfellow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
IF Johnny Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Malcolm Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
F Dai Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 35' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M James Sutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, 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

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
“It [Bruce Rioch’s knee] appears to be locked at present. “I’m hoping there is no damage to the cartilage. “Naturally I am disappointed with our performance. “We outplayed them in the first 15 minutes, but from there on we struggled and the goals would just not come.” Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 31 Aug 1970, Villa 0-1 Mansfield, Villa Park

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