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Game #3095

Aston Villa

7-6-2, 20 PTS

Saturday, 24 October 1970

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Won

2nd= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division Three

Tranmere Rovers

4-5-5, 13 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,676

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Tranmere Rovers

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Assist(s) | Andy Lochhead | 53' |

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 October 1970

🟨 | Booking, Andy Lochhead, Foul
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tranmere Rovers
🟨 | 51’ Booking, Brian Godfrey
💥 | 53' Missed penalty, Willie Anderson
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Tranmere 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

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 October 1970
  • Villa bounce back from their first League defeat in ten to win for the first time in eight League games and record their first third division victory at Villa Park in nine. However with Fulham also winning, and having drawn in midweek, they sit three points clear of Vic Crowe’s side on top of the table as Villa share second place with Bristol Rovers. Villa’s win comes despite a disruptive performance from the referee who awarded 56 free kicks, booked for players and awarded a penalty.

  • Villa face Tranmere Rovers for the first time in competitive football, Tranmere become the 101st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa score for the first time in three games and win for the first time in six as they make it seven wins, six draws and two defeats in fifteen division three games so far this season.

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, 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

Tranmere Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Tranmere Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Tranmere: None

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

Tranmere Rovers

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Tranmere Rovers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Saturday, 24 October 1970

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🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Bob Raby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1970-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

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

🕒 35 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 11 🟥 10 | 1.51

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Bob Raby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1970-1972

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Brian Godfrey
🟨 Andy Lochhead

CARDS
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🟨 🟨

🆘 Over-used the whistle to award 50 free kicks

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

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

George Curtis, Pat McMahon and Keith Bradley replace Jimmy Brown, Brian Tiler and Mick Wright.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.49 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.99 |

Referee

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Jackie Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tranmere Rovers

GK Frankie Lane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Brian Joy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Moorcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Storton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ray Mathias | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Eric Brodie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Frank Gill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Malcolm Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jim Hinch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Ken Beamish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Subsitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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D Ray Pointon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, 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

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

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Injury | 2 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
“I don’t want to comment about the referee but I’m afraid it wasn’t much of a match for our supporters to see. “It was never dirty or violent but I have never seen so many free kicks. “The game just wasn’t allowed to get going.” Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 24 Oct 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park

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