Game #3112
Aston Villa
14-7-5, 35 PTS
Saturday, 16 January 1971
Won
1st= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division Three
Port Vale
10-4-12, 24 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,965
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Port Vale
Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 31' |
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 January 1971
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Bruce Rioch, Assist by Brian Godfrey
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Port Vale
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Port Vale
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 January 1971
Bristol Rovers lose again, Fulham are held and Villa win to catapult them into joint first place behind Rovers only on goal average.
Villa’s goal once again comes from Bruce Rioch and is from a planned move that brought success against Shrewsbury and Vale and had become a major tactical feature of Villa’s play as Brian Godfrey taps the ball forward to Rioch who shoots through the defensive wall within which Pat McMahon has broken away to create space.
Vic Crowe's League Cup finalists Villa make it fourteen wins, seven draws and five defeats in twenty six division three games so far this season to climb to joint first in the table, level on points with leaders Bristol Rovers, separated on goal average.
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Port Vale
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Saturday, 16 January 1971
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🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴 | Leicester, 1966-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 52 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 14 🟥 14 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴 | Leicester, 1966-1975
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.31 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 30.73 |
Youngest Player |
GK Geoff Crudgington | 🏴 | 18.93 |
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Crudgington | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Gordon Lee (ex) | 🏴 |
Port Vale
GK Stuart Sherratt | 🏴 |
D Clint Boulton | 🏴 |
CB Bill Summerscales | 🏴 |
CB Roy Cross | 🏴 |
LH John Green | 🏴 |
M Tony Lacey | 🏴 |
M Bobby Gough | 🏴 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴 |
W Mike Morris | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
F John James | 🏴 |
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Mike Morris | 🏴 | (M Tommy McLaren | 🏴 |)
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Dave Gibson | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Geoff Crudgington | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 16 Jan 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park