Game #3132

Aston Villa

18-15-12, 51 PTS

Saturday, 1 May 1971

Lost

4th= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division Three

Wrexham

18-12-15, 48 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,733

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-4

Wrexham

Scorer(s) | Geoff Vowden | 18' | Brian Godfrey | 43' | 51' |

Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 18' | Pat McMahon | 43' | Bruce Rioch | 51' |

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 1 May 1971

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 1 May 1971

Vic Crowe's Villa's terrible run of form since their League Cup final appearance continues having won once in fourteen games, losing five and drawing eight. As a result Villa have a record of eighteen wins, fifteen draws and twelve defeats in forty five division three games so far this season. Meanwhile, goalkeeper John Dunn made his final appearance for Villa before moving to Charlton Athletic in July. Dunn played for Villa between 1967-68 and 1970-71 making 118 appearances.

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1968-71 | 🕒 118 | 118 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #526 |

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 26 April 1971, Villa 0-2 Mansfield, Field Mill.

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 4 May 1971, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park

Aston Villa

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

Wrexham

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Wrexham

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Wrexham: 🟩 🟩

Wrexham

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 25 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

Wrexham

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 18 August 1971, Villa 2-2 Wrexham, Villa Park.

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #56 |
League Match | #45 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Saturday, 1 May 1971

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1964-1976
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 3-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Matches

Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 72 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 22 🟥 22 | 1.47

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1964-1976
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 20 September 1969, Villa 3-2 Hull, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Dave Wallace

CARDS

None

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Charlie Aitken and Pat McMahon replace Andy Lochhead and Keith Bradley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.23 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 31.02 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.51 |

Referee

Manager

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Neal (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wrexham

GK David Gaskell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mickey Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Tom Vansittart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Eddie May | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ian Moir | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Andy Provan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Albert Kinsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Graham Whittle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Brian Tinnion | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

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

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

	Unused

Squad Bios

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 1 May 1971, Villa 3-4 Wrexham, Villa Park

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