Game #3134

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 14 August 1971

Won

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Plymouth Argyle

0-0-0, 0 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,337

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-1

Plymouth Argyle

Scorer(s) | Geoff Vowden | 10' | Pat McMahon | 20' | Willie Anderson | 75' (pen) |

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 August 1971

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 August 1971

Vic Crowe's Villa open the season with a handsome win over Plymouth as winger Ray Graydon made his debut aged 24 after moving from Bristol Rovers for a fee of £50,000 plus forward Brian Godfrey in July 1971. Also making his bow for Villa was goalkeeper Tommy Hughes, 24, after moving from Chelsea in May 1971 for a fee of £12,500. In less positive news, 25 year old midfielder Pat McMahon left the pitch on a stretcher after 65 minutes with a dislocated and fractured ankle - an injury that would necessitate long term absence and recovery.

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟢 W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

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

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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

Aston Villa

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

Plymouth Argyle

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Plymouth Argyle

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Plymouth: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Plymouth Argyle

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟨 19 December 1970, Villa 1-1 Plymouth, Home Park.

Plymouth Argyle

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 16 October 1971, Villa 2-3 Plymouth, Home Park.

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #74 |
Saturday, 14 August 1971

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Bob Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ilkley, 1971-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Matches

Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 74 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 | 22 🟥 22 | 1.51

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Bob Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ilkley, 1971-1974
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Bob Armstrong

CARDS

None

🟨 🟨

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe hands debuts to Tommy Hughes and Ray Graydon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.87 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.45 |

Youngest Player |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.08 |

Referee

Manager

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Aston Villa

GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ellis Stuttard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Plymouth Argyle

GK Jim Furnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Allan Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Hore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Peter Darke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D David Provan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Steve Davey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Les Latcham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ronnie Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Don Hutchins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jim Hinch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 65' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

LB Colin Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

	Game	Start	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red
GK Tommy Hughes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|

RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

	Unused

Squad Bios

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 14 August 1971, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Villa Park.

MATCH REPORTS

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