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Game #3123

Aston Villa

16-13-7, 45 PTS

Saturday, 20 March 1971

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Drew

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division Three

Torquay United

14-10-10, 38 PTS

Plainmoor

Attendance: 6,963

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

Torquay United

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 26' |

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 March 1971

🥅 | 25’ Goal, 0-1, (Torquay United), Bill Kitchener
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-1, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT Torquay United 1-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 88’ Missed penalty, (Torquay United), John Rudge
🕒 | FT Torquay United 1-1 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

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 March 1971
  • Villa are held to a fifth successive draw as they remain third in the table one point ahead of Halifax who have played a game more, two behind Fulham and now five behind Preston who are the only side in the top four to win.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa draw for the fifth successive game to make it sixteen wins, thirteen draws and seven defeats in thirty six division three games so far this season. Despite no win in six Villa climb to third in the table however they now trailed the leaders Preston North End, by five points.

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

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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

Torquay United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Torquay United
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Previous 5 vs. Torquay: 🟥 🟥

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

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Saturday, 20 March 1971

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🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Guildford, 1969-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

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

🕒 63 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 20 🟥 17 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Guildford, 1969-1975

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

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

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Pat McMahon and Harry Gregory replace Andy Lochhead and Dave Gibson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.52 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.90 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.40 |

Referee

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Allan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Torquay United

GK Andy Donnelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Bill Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RH Mel Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CH John Sleeuwenhoek (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Twitchin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Micky Cave | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Barnard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Cliff Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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W Bruce Stuckey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

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

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

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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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

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MATCH QUOTES
“There was this bloke who was going to hit me with half a house brick. “I told a policeman who took him away.” John Dunn. “We are creating the chances but we are not converting them regularly enough. “Still, there would be no complaints from me if we just won all our remaining games by the odd goal.” Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 20 Mar 1971, Villa 1-1 Torquay, Plainmoor

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