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Game #3087

Aston Villa

6-2-1, 14 PTS

Saturday, 26 September 1970

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Won

1st= (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Wrexham

3-2-4, 8 PTS

Racecourse Ground

Attendance: 18,335

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

Wrexham

2-3

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Aston Villa

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🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 September 1970

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Dave Gibson
🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Wrexham), Arfon Griffiths
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-1, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Dave Gibson
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-1, Dave Gibson, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT Wrexham 1-2 Aston Villa
💥 | 46' Goalkeeper retires injured (Wrexham), Dave Gaskell (concussion) replaced by Mick Evans
💥 | 48' Missed penalty (Wrexham), Arfon Griffiths
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 3-1, Chico Hamilton, pen
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 3-2, (Wrexham), Ian Moir
🕒 | FT Wrexham 2-3 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Jimmy Brown, foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 September 1970

Vic Crowe's Villa make it six wins, two draws and a defeat in nine division three games so far this season. Meanwhile, forward Dave Gibson made a goalscoring Villa debut aged 22 after moving from Leicester City earlier this month, whilst fellow former Foxes centre forward Andy Lochhead hit his fifth goal in four league games after failing to score in the previous 16 matches.

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Wrexham

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

Aston Villa

Wrexham

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wrexham

Previous 5 vs. Wrexham: 🟩

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 26 September 1970

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🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Alan Bone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1968-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
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

🕒 27 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 6 🟥 9 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Alan Bone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1968-1971
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dave Gibson replaces Willie Anderson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.94 |

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

Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 16.99 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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 Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Neal (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Wrexham

GK David Gaskell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Steve Ingle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Eddie May | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tom Vansittart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mickey Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Stuart Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Arfon Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Bobby Park (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ian Moir | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Tinnion | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | GK David Gaskell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Bobby Park (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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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

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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MATCH QUOTES

“[Dave Gibson] is the cheapest signing I have every made - and on this performance he looks like being the best.” Vic Crowe. “With the sort of luck Villa had today they’ll win the League, the FA Cup and the boat race.” Wrexham manager, John Neal.
Quotes

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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