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Game #3129

Aston Villa

18-14-10, 50 PTS

Saturday, 17 April 1971

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Won

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division Three

Rochdale

11-14-17, 36 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,406

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Rochdale

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Assist(s) | Dave Gibson | 7' |

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 17 April 1971

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Dave Gibson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Rochdale
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Rochdale

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 17 April 1971

Vic Crowe's Villa win for the second time in twelve games to make it eighteen wins, fourteen draws and ten defeats in forty two division three games so far this season as they back back into fourth place and close the gap to the second promotion place to five points.

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Rochdale

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

Aston Villa

Rochdale

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Rochdale

Previous 5 vs. Rochdale: 🟨

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #53 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Saturday, 17 April 1971

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🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 69 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 21 🟥 20 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 November 1970, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.56 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 30.98 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.47 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, 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 Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Dick Conner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Rochdale

GK Tony Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Graham Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Ryder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Colin Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Blair | 🇬🇧 |
M Bobby Downes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Reg Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tony Buck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Hughen Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

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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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

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