Game #3152

Aston Villa

8-1-4, 17 PTS

Wednesday, 20 October 1971

Won

3rd= (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division Three

Tranmere Rovers

2-6-5, 10 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,231

Aston Villa

2-0

Tranmere Rovers

Scorer(s) | Bruce Rioch | 39' | Andy Lochhead | 84' |

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 84' |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Aston Villa

GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jackie Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Tranmere Rovers

GK Dickie Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ray Mathias | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Moorcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Trevor Storton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Storton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Syd Farrimond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Ken Beamish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Paul Crossley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Coyne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Subsitutions Made

🟩 20 October 1971, Villa 2-0 Tranmere, Villa Park.

ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 20 October 1971

Vic Crowe's Villa record their first league victory in three games and climb to third in Division Three, two points off leaders AFC Bournemouth as they make it eight wins, one draw and four defeats in division three so far this campaign.

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