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Villa vs.

Port Vale

🟩 28 January 2006, Villa 3-1 Port Vale, Villa Park.

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Game #4875

Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Season | 2005-06 |
Matchday | #28 |
Manager Game | #114 |
Saturday, 28 January 2006

Scorer(s) | Milan Baroš | 70’ | 74’ | Steven Davis | 90’ |

Assist(s) | Kevin Phillips | 70' | Olof Mellberg | 74' | Lee Hendrie | 90' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🔥 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Milan Baroš | 🇨🇿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 F Kevin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 68’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Mark Goodlad | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Craig James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Pilkington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Clayton Fortune | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB George Abbey | 🇳🇬 |
CB Mark Innes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Sam Togwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Micky Cummins | 🇮🇪 |
M Tony Dinning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Michael Husbands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Leon Constantine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Clayton Fortune | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Chris Birchall | 🇹🇹 |)
🔁 | CB Mark Innes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Sean Doherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Leon Constantine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Nathan Lowndes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Jonny Brain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Sonner | 🇬🇧 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Port Vale
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Kevin Phillips
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 1-0, Milan Baroš, Assist by Kevin Phillips
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-0, Milan Baroš, Assist by Olof Mellberg
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 2-1, (Port Vale), Nathan Lowndes
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 3-1, Steven Davis, Assist by Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Port Vale

On This Day

  • Villa avoid another Cup upset as they beat League one Vale at Villa Park to reach the FA Cup fifth round but they can't make the breakthrough until the final twenty minutes.

  • David O'Leary makes it two Cup games without humiliation by lower league opposition to progress to the Fourth Round of the FA Cup.

  • Olof Mellberg makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W61 D47 L67, 5 Goals, 6 Assists and 17 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Juan Pablo Ángel secures his 60th win in a Villa shirt on his 132nd start (165 Appearances) to make it W60 D42 L63, 54 Goals, 16 Assists and 11 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.89 starts so far in his Villa career.

🟩 27 January 1990, Villa 6-0 Vale, Villa Park.

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Game #4097

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: George Courtney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Spennymoor, 1974-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #131 |
Saturday, 27 January 1990

Scorer(s) | David Platt | 8’ | Paul Birch | 25’ | 79’ | Ian Olney | 52’ | Stuart Gray | 65’ | 84’ |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 8’ | Ian Ormondroyd | 25’ | Paul Birch | 52' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | for CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |
🔁 F Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | for CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Mark Grew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Aspin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Dean Glover (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Darren Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Walker (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Jeffers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robbie Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Nicky Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Darren Beckford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Andy Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Paul Millar | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

D Tim Parkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 2-0, Paul Birch, Assist by Ian Ormondroyd
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Port Vale
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Derek Mountfield, Sub on, Stuart Gray
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 3-0, Ian Olney, Assist by Paul Birch
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 4-0, Stuart Gray
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Ian Olney, Sub on, Adrian Heath
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 5-0, Paul Birch
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 6-0, Stuart Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-0 Port Vale

On This Day

  • Villa hammer Vale at Villa Park in the fourth round of the FA Cup as Ray Walker and Dean Glover return to their old stomping ground.

  • Meanwhile the deeply underwhelming forward Adrian Heath, 29, makes his final appearance before moving on to Manchester City in February for a £300,000. Heath had only joined Villa 5 months earlier in August 1989 for a fee of £360,000 from RCD Espanyol and made just 12 appearances without scoring.

  • Ian Olney secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance (38 Starts) to make it W25 D12 L14, 14 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 2.68 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

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Game #3419

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #34 |
Manager Game | #137 |
Saturday, 26 February 1977

Scorer(s) | Chris Nicholl | 18' | Brian Little | 79' | John Deehan | 86' |

Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 86' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 74' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK John Connaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Max Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Ridley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Kennerley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Tartt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Beech | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Beamish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Derek Brownbill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, Chris Nicholl
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Port Vale
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 3-0, John Deehan, Assist by Alex Cropley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Port Vale

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it successive 3-0 cup victories as they get past third division Vale in the FA Cup 5th Round.

🟩 26 February 1972, Villa 2-0 Vale, Villa Park.

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Game #3171

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Guildford, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #111 |
Saturday, 26 February 1972

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 66' | Pat McMahon | 72' |

Assist(s) | Pat McMahon | 66' | Andy Lochhead | 72' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Stuart Sherratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Lindsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ray Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Brodie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tony Lacey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Tommy McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (F Bob Mountford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ian Ross
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Port Vale
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Pat McMahon
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-0, Pat McMahon, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Port Vale

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa make it eleven wins in thirteen and twenty one wins, three draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. Villa (played 30, points 45) remain top of the table ahead of Bournemouth (played 30, points 42) and their next opponents Notts County (played 28, points 41). Meanwhile, centre back Ian Ross made his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Liverpool earlier this week for a fee of £60,000.

🟨 6 November 1971, Villa 4-4 Vale, Vale Park.

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Game #3156

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Somerset, 1965-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Saturday, 6 November 1971

Scorer(s) | Chico Hamilton | 7' | Willie Anderson | 40' (pen) | Own Goal | 45' | Ray Graydon | 53' |

Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 7' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Mick Hoban | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Keith Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Brodie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Summerscales | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH John Flowers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Mike Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Bob Mountford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Tommy McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (LB Tony Loska | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Port Vale), McLaren
⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-1, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Ray Graydon
🟨 | 32’ Booking, Mick Wright, Tackle
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 1-2, (Port Vale), Mountford
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 2-2, Willie Anderson, pen
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 3-2, Own Goal, Cross
🕒 | HT Port Vale 2-3 Aston Villa
⚽ | 53’ Goal 4-2, Ray Graydon
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 4-3, (Port Vale), Morgan
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 4-4, (Port Vale), Tony Loska
🕒 | FT Port Vale 4-4 Aston Villa

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa score four for the second successive match, four away from home, but can only draw in a remarkable match with Vale. As a result Villa make it nine wins, two draws and five defeats in division three so far this campaign. Meanwhile, forward Mick Hoban made his debut appearance in the Villa squad debut aged 19 after joining from St. Chad's College.

🟩 16 January 1971, Villa 1-0 Vale, Villa Park.

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Game #3112

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1966-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Saturday, 16 January 1971

Scorer(s) | Bruce Rioch | 31' |

Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 31' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Geoff Crudgington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Stuart Sherratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Clint Boulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Summerscales | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH John Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Lacey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mike Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
F John James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Mike Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Tommy McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Bruce Rioch, Assist by Brian Godfrey
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Port Vale
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Port Vale

On This Day

Vic Crowe's League Cup finalists Villa make it fourteen wins, seven draws and five defeats in twenty six division three games so far this season to climb to joint first in the table, level on points with leaders Bristol Rovers, separated on goal average.

🟥 19 October 1970, Villa 0-2 Vale, Vale Park.

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Game #3094

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Colin Fallon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1970-1973 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Monday, 19 October 1970

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Keith Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Clint Boulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ron Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RH Johnny King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mike Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Lacey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bobby Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-1, (Port Vale), John James
🕒 | HT Port Vale 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Mick Wright, Sub on, Dave Gibson
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 0-2, (Port Vale), Bobby Gough
🕒 | FT Port Vale 2-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa fail to score for the second successive game and are beaten for just the second time this season but are now without a League win five as their indifferent form continues. As a result Villa make it six wins, six draws and two defeats in fourteen division three games so far this season.

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

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Game #2571

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Tommy Langdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, -1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Saturday, 20 February 1960

Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 58' | Bobby Thomson | 84' |

Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 58' | 84' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK John Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB David Raine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Roy Sproson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Peter Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Albert Leake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Harry Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IF Stan Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Graham Barnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Cliff Portwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🥅 | 36' Goal, 0-1, (Port Vale, pen), Brian Jackson
🕒 | HT Port Vale 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58' Goal, 1-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 84' Goal, 2-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Port Vale 1-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to four as they beat third division Port Vale in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

🟩 10 Jan 1925, Villa 7-2 Port Vale, Villa Park

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Game #1282

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 7-2 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WLWLW |

Season | 1924-25 |
Matchday | #24 |
Manager Game | #1256 |
Saturday, 10 January 1925

Scorer(s) | Len Capewell | Len Capewell | Len Capewell | Len Capewell | Billy Walker | Billy Walker | Billy Walker |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Cyril Spiers |
CB Vic Milne |
FB Tommy Smart |
FB Teddy Bowen |
M George Blackburn |
M Frank Moss |
W Arthur Dorrell |
W Dicky York |
F Billy Walker |
F Billy Kirton |
F Len Capewell |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

  • Villa face Port Vale for the first time in competitive football, Vale become the 73rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa see off second division Port Vale in the first round of the FA Cup.

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