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Game #3082

Aston Villa

3-1-1, 7 PTS

Saturday, 5 September 1970

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Won

2nd= (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division Three

Doncaster Rovers

0-1-4, 1 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,602

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

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Doncaster Rovers

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Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 5' | Willie Anderson | 49' | Chico Hamilton | 64' |

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 September 1970

⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Brian Godfrey
🚑 | 6' Player retires from field of play with injury, Lew Chatterley, Villa reduced to 10-men
🚑 | 13' Player injured on field of play George Curtis, limited movement
🚑 | 30' Lew Chatterley returns to field of play
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Steve Briggs
🚑 | 40' Player retires from field of play with injury, George Curtis, Villa cancel the substitution, Villa reduced to 10-men
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Doncaster Rovers
🔁 | 46' Sub off, George Curtis, Sub on, Jimmy Brown
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 2-1, Pat McMahon, Assist by Willie Anderson
🚑 | 49' Player retires from field of play with injury, Pat McMahon, clash of heads, Villa reduced to 10-men
🚑 | 69' Pat McMahon returns to field of play despite large gash on his cheek
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 2-2, (Doncaster Rovers), Archie Irvine
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 3-2, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Doncaster Rovers

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

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 September 1970
  • Villa bounce back from their first third division defeat with a narrow victory over Doncaster despite a poor performance as Andy Lochhead scores his first goal for the club and Villa rise to joint second, one point behind leaders Fulham with five played.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa bounce back from their ten man loss as Andy Lochhead finally scores 16 games after joining Villa from Leicester City in February. As a result, Villa make it three wins, a draw and a defeat in five division three games so far this season.

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, 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

Doncaster Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Doncaster Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Doncaster: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 5 September 1970

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🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 22 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 5 🟥 9 | 1.32

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Brian Tiler replaces Bruce Rioch.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.36 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.86 |

Referee

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Lawrie McMenemy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Doncaster Rovers

GK Glenn Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Bird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Haselden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Branfoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Rabjohn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Archie Irvine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Brian Usher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tony Marsden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Briggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Rod Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Stewart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, 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

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"Pathetic. "We played badly, let's be frank about it - surely we can't play so poorly again? “But I suppose If you play that badly and win, you can't complain. Mick Wright. "I was glad to get that over with [Scoring his first goal in his seventeenth game]. "I was so anxious. The ball hung so long in the air I thought it would never drop Into the net.” Andy Lochhead.
Quotes

🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 5 Sep 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

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