Game #3160
Aston Villa
12-2-5, 26 PTS
Saturday, 4 December 1971


Won
3rd= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division Three
Bradford City
6-3-10, 15 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,347
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0

Bradford City

Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 29' |
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 December 1971
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Willie Anderson, pen
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 2-0, Bruce Rioch, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Bradford City
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 3-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Bradford City
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
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 December 1971
Vic Crowe's Villa win successive games for the first time since October to make it twelve wins, two draws and five defeats in division three so far this campaign.
Villa unbeaten in five, record their fourth win and have now scored nine goals in their last two as although they remain joint third in the table they are now just two points off joint leaders Bournemouth and Notts County.
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park

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
Bradford City


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1910-11
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #100 |
Saturday, 4 December 1971
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🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
🕒 100 | 🟩 | 44 🟨 | 27 🟥 29 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 16 August 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.81 |
Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 | 32.61 |
Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴 | 18.18 |
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974

Aston Villa
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bryan Edwards | 🏴 |

Bradford City
GK Pat Liney | 🏴 |
RB Tom McHale | 🏴 |
RB Graham Howell | 🏴 |
LB Ian Cooper | 🏴 |
WH Bruce Stowell | 🏴 |
M Graham Oates | 🏴 |
M Les O’Neill | 🏴 |
M Peter Middleton | 🏴 |
W John Hall | 🏴 |
F Norman Corner | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Colin Hall | 🏴 |
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Norman Corner | 🏴 | (F David Bairstow | 🏴 |)

🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴 |
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
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | | 1 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 4 Dec 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park

