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Game #3091

Aston Villa

6-5-1, 17 PTS

Saturday, 10 October 1970

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Drew

2nd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division Three

Rochdale

1-3-6, 5 PTS

Spotland

Attendance: 7,537

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

Rochdale

1-1

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Aston Villa

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🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 October 1970

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 1-1, (Rochdale), Reg Jenkins
🕒 | HT Rochdale 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Brian Godfrey, Sub on, Neil Rioch
🕒 | FT Rochdale 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 10 October 1970

  • Villa face Rochdale for the first time in competitive football, Rochdale become the 100th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa are held once again to make it six wins, five draws and a defeat in twelve division three games so far this season.

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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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

Rochdale

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

Aston Villa

Rochdale

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Rochdale

Previous 5 vs. Rochdale: None

Rochdale

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Rochdale

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 10 October 1970

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🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Crabb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Exeter, 1970-1978 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 31 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 10 🟥 9 | 1.48

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ron Crabb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Exeter, 1970-1978 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Brian Godfrey replaces Pat McMahon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.64 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.46 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.96 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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 Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Dick Conner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Rochdale

GK David Tennant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Graham Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Ashworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Ryder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Colin Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Hughen Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Downes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Reg Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 67' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ronnie Blair | 🇬🇧 |

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

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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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

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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MATCH QUOTES

“He [Rochdale scorer Reg Jenkins] was three yards offside. “It was a bad decision that cost us a point.” Lew Chatterley. “It was a scrappy match, kick and rush. “But as far as their goal is concerned, it went in and that’s that.” Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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