Game #3155
Aston Villa
9-1-5, 19 PTS
Saturday, 30 October 1971
Won
4th= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division Three
Blackburn Rovers
3-3-9, 9 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,588
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-1
Blackburn Rovers
Assist(s) | Geoff Vowden | 5' | 42' | Andy Lochhead | 19' | Willie Anderson | 23' |
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 October 1971
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Neil Rioch, Assist by Geoff Vowden
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 2-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Andy Lochhead
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 3-0, Neil Rioch, Assist by Willie Anderson
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 3-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Tony Field
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 4-1, Willie Anderson, Assist by Geoff Vowden
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn Rovers
🟨 | 48' Booking, Neil Rioch, Tackle
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Dave Gibson, Sub on, Brian Little 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn Rovers
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
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 October 1971
Vic Crowe's 🏴 Villa 🟩 win for the second time in five games as they return to goalscoring form to dispatch Blackburn and make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 five defeats in division three so far this campaign.
Veteran centre forward Dave Gibson 🏴 comes in for his first game of the season and inspires Villa to the 🟩 win to Villa fourth in the table and four points off leaders Bournemouth after 🕒 15 games.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 17 makes 🕒 his debut appearance in a Villa shirt as a 69' substitute for Gibson having impressed with the youth team to become the 555th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 F Brian Little | 🏴 | #555 | Youth team promotion
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
Blackburn Rovers
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Saturday, 30 October 1971
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🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴 | Plymouth, 1971-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
🕒 95 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 26 🟥 28 | 1.57
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴 | Plymouth, 1971-1973
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Neil Rioch
CARDS
🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Neil Rioch, Mick Wright and Dave Gibson replace Charlie Aitken, Fred Turnbull and Harry Gregory.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 30.66 |
Youngest Player |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴 | 20.56 |
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
Aston Villa
GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Ken Furphy | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK Roger Jones | 🏴 |
FB Mick Heaton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Mick Wood | 🏴 |
LB Gerry Farrell | 🏴 |
M Terry Garbett | 🏴 |
M Ben Arentoft | 🇩🇰 |
M Gerry McDonald | 🏴 |
W Johnny Price | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Terry Eccles | 🏴 |
F Barry Endean | 🏴 |
F Tony Field | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CF Dave Gibson | 🏴 | 69' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Johnny Price | 🏴 | (W Bill Dunning | 🏴 |)
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Brian Little | 🏴 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 |
Suspension | 1 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 30 Oct 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park