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Game #3098

Aston Villa

8-6-3, 22 PTS

Saturday, 7 November 1970

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Lost

3rd= (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division Three

Torquay United

10-2-4, 22 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,112

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-1

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Torquay United

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 November 1970

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Torquay United
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 0-1, (Torquay United), Micky Cave
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Torquay United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 November 1970

  • Villa face Torquay United for the first time in competitive football, Torquay become the 102nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the second time in four League games to make it eight wins, six draws and three defeats in seventeen division three games so far this season.

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, 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

Torquay United

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

Aston Villa

Torquay United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Torquay United

Previous 5 vs. Torquay: None

Torquay United

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Torquay United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 7 November 1970

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🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ray Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lowestoft, 1965-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🕒 38 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 11 🟥 11 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ray Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lowestoft, 1965-1973
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 20 April 1968, Villa 1-1 Bolton, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names the same line up for the third successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.58 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.53 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.03 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Allan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Torquay United

GK Mike Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bob Glozier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dick Edwards (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
D Bill Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Mel Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CH Allan Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Micky Cave | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Chris Barnard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Welsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F John Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | D Dick Edwards (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Ian Twitchin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, 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

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, 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

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I just cannot believe we have lost. “It’s not as if we played badly. “I couldn’t fault anyone on today’s performance.” Ron Wylie, Villa assistant manager.
Quotes

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 7 November 1970, Villa 0-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

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