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Game #3124

Aston Villa

16-13-8, 45 PTS

Friday, 26 March 1971

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Lost

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division Three

Doncaster Rovers

11-9-19, 31 PTS

Belle Vue

Attendance: 7,879

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

Doncaster Rovers

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Pat McMahon | 10' |

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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MATCH TIMELINE
Friday, 26 March 1971

⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Harry Gregory, Assist by Pat McMahon
🥅 | 29’ Goal, 1-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Stuart Robertson
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 1-2, (Doncaster Rovers), Peter Kitchen
🕒 | HT Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Geoff Vowden, Sub on, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Doncaster Rovers 2-1 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

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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ON THIS DAY
Friday, 26 March 1971
  • Without a League win in seven, Villa sit third in the table three points behind but with a game in hand over second placed Fulham and five adrift of leaders Preston. Villa’s defeat at Belle Vue to relegation threatened Doncaster means they are no longer in control of their own promotion destiny and need those above them to slip up if they are going to return to the second tier at the first attempt.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the first time in six games but have now not won in seven League games to make it sixteen wins, thirteen draws and eight defeats in thirty seven division three games so far this season.

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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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

Doncaster Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Doncaster Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Doncaster: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

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

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Friday, 26 March 1971

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🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

🕒 64 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 20 🟥 18 | 1.53

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

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

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.54 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.92 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.41 |

Referee

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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

Lawrie McMenemy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Doncaster Rovers

GK Glenn Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Branfoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB John Haselden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dave Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH John Flowers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Archie Irvine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Brian Usher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Kitchen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bob Gilfillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Chris Rabjohn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 26 Mar 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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