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Game #3154

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 26 October 1971

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Lost

4th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

League Cup

Blackpool

Bloomfield Road

Attendance: 20,193

🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

Blackpool

4-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 26 October 1971

🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Alan Suddick
🕒 | HT Blackpool 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackpool), Tony Green
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 0-3, (Blackpool), Glyn James
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 0-4, (Blackpool), Tommy Hutchison
🟨 | 63' Booking, Harry Gregory, Body check
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-4, Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Blackpool 4-1 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 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 26 October 1971
  • Despite once again being in the ascendancy for 30 minutes, Villa falter and are beaten by three goals in ten second half minutes to be knocked out of the League Cup by second division Blackpool.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa suffer a second successive heavy defeat as they concede three in ten minutes to division two Blackpool in the League Cup.

🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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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

Blackpool

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackpool
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Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #21 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Tuesday, 26 October 1971

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🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

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

🕒 94 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 | 26 🟥 28 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Harry Gregory

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 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Charlie Aitken and Harry Gregory replace George Curtis and Bruce Rioch.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.60 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.65 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.00 |

Referee

🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bob Stokoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Suddaby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Simpkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tony Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Glyn James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Alan Suddick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Micky Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Hatton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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W Dennis Wann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Reported

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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