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Game #3125

Aston Villa

17-13-8, 47 PTS

Saturday, 3 April 1971

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Won

3rd= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division Three

Swansea City

13-14-11, 40 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,571

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

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Swansea City

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Assist(s) | Dave Gibson | 5' | Andy Lochhead | 18' | Chico Hamilton | 78' |

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 April 1971

⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Dave Gibson
⚽ | 18’ Goal, 2-0, Harry Gregory, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Swansea City
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 3-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Swansea City

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

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 April 1971

  • Villa win for the first time in eight third division games as Preston draw with Bristol Rovers whilst Fulham and Halifax win to leave Villa joint third with the Yorkshire side, three points off second with a game in hand.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa win for the first time in eight games to make it seventeen wins, thirteen draws and eight defeats in thirty eight division three games so far this season. As a result, Villa were now six points off leaders Preston North End and three behind Fulham in the second promotion spot.

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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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

Swansea City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Swansea City

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Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #65 |
Saturday, 3 April 1971

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🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1965-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 65 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 20 🟥 18 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1965-1972
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 5 December 1970, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Lochhead and Dave Gibson replace Pat McMahon and Willie Anderson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.82 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.94 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.44 |

Referee

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Roy Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Swansea City

GK Tony Millington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Dai Lawrence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Alan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Doug Rosser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Carl Slee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
WH Barrie Hole (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Geoff Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Willie Screen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Clive Slattery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (F Alan Beer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)
W Brian Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Dave Gwyther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Clive Slattery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (F Alan Beer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, 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

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 3 Apr 1971, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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