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Game #3086

Aston Villa

5-2-1, 12 PTS

Wednesday, 23 September 1970

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Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Gillingham

1-3-4, 5 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,383

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

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Gillingham

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Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 4' | Andy Lochhead | 5' |

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 23 September 1970

⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Brian Godfrey
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 2-0, Pat McMahon, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Gillingham
🔁 | 51’ Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, Lionel Martin
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 2-1, (Gillingham), David Peach
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Gillingham

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 23 September 1970

  • Villa face Gillingham for the first time in competitive football, Gillingham become the 99th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa go two up within five minutes to make it five wins, two draws and a defeat in eight division three games so far this season. As a result, Villa go second, a point behind leaders Fulham.

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Gillingham

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

Aston Villa

Gillingham

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Gillingham

Previous 5 vs. Gillingham: None

Gillingham

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Gillingham

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Wednesday, 23 September 1970

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🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 26 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 6 🟥 9 | 1.50

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.08 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.42 |

Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 16.98 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Basil Hayward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Gillingham

GK John Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby Folds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Peach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Ray Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Quirke | 🇮🇪 |
CH Bill Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dick Tydeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Derek Woodley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Yeo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mike Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 51' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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IF Ken Pound | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 23 September 1970, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Villa Park.

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