Game #3120
Aston Villa
16-10-7, 42 PTS
Wednesday, 10 March 1971


Drew
3rd= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Division Three
Gillingham
7-10-17, 24 PTS
Priestfield
Attendance: 10,812
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Gillingham
0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 10 March 1971
🕒 | HT Gillingham 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Chico Hamilton, Sub on, Geoff Vowden 🟢
🕒 | FT Gillingham 0-0 Aston Villa
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
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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 10 March 1971
Villa are held to a second successive draw to climb back to joint third in the table with Halifax, three points behind new leaders Preston. Villa face Halifax next.
Vic Crowe's Villa draw for the second successive game to make it sixteen wins, ten draws and seven defeats in thirty three division three games so far this season.
Meanwhile, forward Geoff Vowden made his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from second division neighbours Birmingham City for fee of £12,500 earlier this month.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | #551 | £12,500 from Birmingham
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
Gillingham


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


Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #60 |
Wednesday, 10 March 1971
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
🕒 60 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 17 🟥 17 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Vic Crowe names the same line up for the seventh successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.15 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 30.88 |
Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 20.37 |
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MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974

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 | 🏴 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Basil Hayward | 🏴 |

Gillingham
GK John Simpson | 🏴 |
FB Jim McVeigh | 🏴 |
CB David Galvin | 🏴 |
CB David Quirke | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ray Bailey | 🏴 |
LB David Peach | 🏴 |
M Dick Tydeman | 🏴 |
M Mike Darrell | 🏴 |
IF Andy Smillie | 🏴 |
F Brian Yeo | 🏴 |
CF Mike Green | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | 🟢 for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 67' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

IF Ken Pound | 🏴 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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