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Game #3160

Aston Villa

12-2-5, 26 PTS

Saturday, 4 December 1971

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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

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Bradford City

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

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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

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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

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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

Bradford City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1910-11

FIXTURE HISTORY
Bradford City
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Previous 5 vs. Bradford: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1969-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 100 | 🟩 | 44 🟨 | 27 🟥 29 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1969-1978

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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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

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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 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Norman Corner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F David Bairstow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

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

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

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

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

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

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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