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Game #3109

Aston Villa

12-7-4, 31 PTS

Saturday, 26 December 1970

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Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Shrewsbury Town

8-5-10, 21 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 31,186

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Shrewsbury Town

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Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 58' |

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 December 1970

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Dave Gibson, Sub on, Bruce Rioch
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-0, Pat McMahon, Assist by Willie Anderson
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 2-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Shrewsbury Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 December 1970

  • Villa face Shrewsbury Town for the first time in competitive football, Shrewsbury become the 104th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Crowe's League Cup finalists Villa play only their fifth League game in ten to make it twelve wins, seven draws and four defeats in twenty three division three games so far this season.

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, 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

Shrewsbury Town

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

Aston Villa

Shrewsbury Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Shrewsbury Town

Previous 5 vs. Shrewsbury: None

Shrewsbury Town

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Shrewsbury Town

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Saturday, 26 December 1970

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🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1963-1978 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 49 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 14 🟥 13 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1963-1978 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
🆘 Bizarrely awarded a free kick for a penalty offence in the area but no matter, Villa still scored from it.
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 31 January 1970, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.86 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.67 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.17 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |

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Shrewsbury Town

GK Bob Tooze | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tony Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Matthias | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Peter Dolby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Bevan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Geoff Fellows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Clapham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dave Roberts (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jim McLaughlin | 🇬🇧 |
F Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Terry Harkin | 🇬🇧 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | for F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 58' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Terry Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, 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

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, 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

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I felt very relaxed about it all. “It wasn’t planned for me to come on against Shrewsbury but then Davey Gibson, who was hurt in the second game against Manchester United, got a knock early on and aggravated the injury. “In the dressing room at half time Davey said he was in a bit of pain and it was decided to see how it went in the second half and bring me on if necessary. “We’d played about 10 minutes when Ron Wylie said ‘Davey’s coming off. You’re on.’ and I felt quite calm about it. “I’d been substitute for the previous two games and by now had got used to the though of being suddenly brought on. “All I felt on Saturday was cold. “I warmed up for a couple of minutes and can’t really remember what I was thinking expect what an appreciative crowd our fans are. “They were chanting ‘Bruce Rioch, Bruce Rioch’ as I stripped down and gave me a marvellous ovation as I came on. “And they changed for Davey as he trotted off to the bench. “When I got out I had a quick word with Brian Godfrey to see whom I had to pick up in midfield and then got on with the game. “I remember when I scored the ball hit someone - I think it was one of the Shrewsbury player, but can’t remember who.” Bruce Rioch. “We’ll just have to wait and see. “Obviously Bruce will come into the reckoning [for the League Cup final] as will a lot of other players. “There’s quote a long time to go before Wembley and it will be case of who is in form at the time. “I’m glad he came through all right against Shrewsbury, because I know the second half of the season is going to be harder than the first. “Our name and tradition go on the block every week and things are going to become more difficult as the season goes on. “This is why I was especially pleased with our win over Shrewsbury. “The team showed the right attitude after beating Manchester United.” Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 Dec 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

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