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Villa vs.

Shrewsbury Town

🟩 23 April 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

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Game #4015

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancaster, 1980-1997
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Saturday, 23 April 1988

Scorer(s) | Warren Aspinall | 35' |

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 35' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Steve Perks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Pratley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Linighan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Phil Priest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bernard McNally | 🇬🇧 |
W Vic Kasule | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Mike Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

RB Wayne Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Irvine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Andy Gray
💥 | 39’ Missed penalty, Warren Aspinall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury Town
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury Town

On This Day

Graham Taylor's Villa win for the first time in five and have now lost seven in thirty six League games winning twenty.

🟩 3 November 1987, Villa 2-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow.

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Game #3987

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1976-1991 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Tuesday, 3 November 1987

Scorer(s) | Martin Keown | 7' | Warren Aspinall | 50' |

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 7' | Andy Blair | 50' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Steve Perks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Moyes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Linighan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jon Narbett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tim Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gary Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Bernard McNally | 🇬🇧 |
F Dave Leworthy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Colin Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Gary Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Mike Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

LB Andy Crane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Martin Keown, Assist by Paul Birch
🥅 | 19’ Goal, 1-1 (Shrewsbury Town), Dave Leworthy
🟥 | 29’ Sending off, Mark Walters, Reckless tackle
🕒 | HT Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-1, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Andy Blair
🕒 | FT Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Illegal tackle

On This Day

Graham Taylor's Villa make it fifteen games unbeaten as they record their tenth win in fourteen.

🟨 15 March 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow.

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Game #3174

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Mike Kerkhof | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bicester, 1968-1974
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #114 |
Wednesday, 15 March 1972

Scorer(s) | Chris Nicholl | 62' |

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 62' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
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 Ken Mulhearn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Tony Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Bevan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Geoff Fellows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Moir | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Dave Roberts (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jim McLaughlin | 🇬🇧 |
W Alan Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Ricky Moir | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Shrewsbury Town), Ricky Moir
🕒 | HT Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 1-1, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa fail to win for only the third time in eighteen League games (two draws and a defeat) to make it twenty three wins, four draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result, Villa (played 33, points 50) remained top of the table ahead of Bournemouth (played 34, points 49) who also drew their latest match and Brighton and Hove Albion (played 33, points 45).

🟩 19 January 1972, Villa 3-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

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Game #3165

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Wednesday, 19 January 1972

Scorer(s) | Chico Hamilton | 33' | Ray Graydon | 44' | Andy Lochhead | 54' |

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 33' | Chico Hamilton | 44' | Jimmy Cumbes | 54' |

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 Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | for CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 59' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Ken Mulhearn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Sandy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Geoff Fellows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jim Holton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gerry Bridgwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Moir | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Alan Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Dave Roberts (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Trevor Meredith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Willie Anderson
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Shrewsbury Town
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 3-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Jimmy Cumbes
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Andy Lochhead, Sub on, Lionel Martin 🔴
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Shrewsbury Town

🟨 | Booking, George Curtis.

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa bounce back from their shock defeat in Rochdale to make it six wins in seven and sixteen wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. Meanwhile, Lionel Martin made his final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Worcester City in July 1972. Martin played for Villa between 1966-67 and 1971-72 making 56 appearances and scoring 9 goals.

🟥 10 April 1971, Villa 1-2 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow.

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Game #3127

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Saturday, 10 April 1971

Scorer(s) | Fred Turnbull | 73' |

Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 73' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Ken Mulhearn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Tony Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Bevan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Matthias | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Geoff Fellows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dave Roberts (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jim McLaughlin | 🇬🇧 |
W Alan Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Peter Dolby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 24’ Goal, 0-1, (Shrewsbury Town), Alan Groves
🕒 | HT Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Harry Gregory, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 1-1, Fred Turnbull, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🟨 | 75' Booking, Bruce Rioch, Foul
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 1-2, (Shrewsbury Town), Dave Roberts
🟨 | Booking, Pat McMahon
🕒 | FT Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa make their first ever League visit to Shrewsbury as they recorded a second successive loss to seventeen wins, thirteen draws and ten defeats in forty division three games so far this season.

🟩 26 December 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.

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Game #3109

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1963-1978 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Saturday, 26 December 1970

Scorer(s) | Pat McMahon | 58' | Bruce Rioch | 64' |

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 58' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

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

Substitutes

🔁 | M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | for F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 58' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Bob Tooze | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tony Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Matthias | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Peter Dolby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Bevan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Geoff Fellows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Clapham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dave Roberts (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jim McLaughlin | 🇬🇧 |
F Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Terry Harkin | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Terry Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Dave Gibson, Sub on, Bruce Rioch
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-0, Pat McMahon, Assist by Willie Anderson
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 2-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Shrewsbury Town

On This Day

  • Villa face Shrewsbury Town for the first time in competitive football, Shrewsbury become the 104th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Crowe's League Cup finalists Villa play only their fifth League game in ten to make it twelve wins, seven draws and four defeats in twenty three division three games so far this season.

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