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Villa vs.

Rochdale

🟥 8 January 1972, Villa 0-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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Game #3164

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1966-1979 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Saturday, 8 January 1972

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Tony Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Graham Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Arthur Marsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Ryder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Downes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Len Kinsella | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Malcolm Darling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Peter Gowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tony Buck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Rochdale 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 0-1, (Rochdale, pen), Whitehead
🕒 | FT Rochdale 1-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa end a run of five victories and lose for the first time in nine League games to make it fifteen wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. Villa now sit third, three points shy of leaders Notts County.

🟩 28 August 1971, Villa 2-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

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Game #3138

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Crabb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Exeter, 1970-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #78 |
Saturday, 28 August 1971

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 8' | Ray Graydon | 40' |

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 8' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Geoff Crudgington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Tony Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Ryder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Ashworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Graham Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Downes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Blair | 🇬🇧 |
W Dennis Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Reg Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tony Buck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Peter Gowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Willie Anderson
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Rochdale
💥 | Missed penalty, (Rochdale), Dennis Butler
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Rochdale

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa make it two wins and a draw in division three so far this season as centre forward Andy Lochhead scores his first League goal since 19 December 1970. Lochhead, no stranger to goal droughts, had to wait sixteen games for his first goal after joining the club in February 1970 and had scored just ten league goals over three seasons, six of which came in a run of 6 games in September 1970.

🟩 17 April 1971, Villa 1-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.

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Game #3129

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #53 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Saturday, 17 April 1971

Scorer(s) | Geoff Vowden | 7' |

Assist(s) | Dave Gibson | 7' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Tony Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Graham Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Ryder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Colin Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Blair | 🇬🇧 |
M Bobby Downes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Reg Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tony Buck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Hughen Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Dave Gibson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Rochdale
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Rochdale

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa win for the second time in twelve games to make it eighteen wins, fourteen draws and ten defeats in forty two division three games so far this season as they back back into fourth place and close the gap to the second promotion place to five points.

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

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Game #3091

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Crabb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Exeter, 1970-1978 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 10 October 1970

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 9' |

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 Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 67' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK David Tennant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Graham Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Ashworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Ryder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Colin Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Hughen Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Downes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Reg Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Ronnie Blair | 🇬🇧 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 1-1, (Rochdale), Reg Jenkins
🕒 | HT Rochdale 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Brian Godfrey, Sub on, Neil Rioch
🕒 | FT Rochdale 1-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa face Rochdale for the first time in competitive football, Rochdale become the 100th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa are held once again to make it six wins, five draws and a defeat in twelve division three games so far this season.

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