Game #3161
Aston Villa
13-2-5, 28 PTS
Saturday, 18 December 1971
Won
3rd= (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division Three
Bolton Wanderers
5-7-7, 17 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,767
Aston Villa
3-2
Bolton Wanderers
Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 32' | Andy Lochhead | 34' | Willie Anderson | 74' |
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
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
Jimmy Armfield | 🏴 |
Bolton Wanderers
GK Charlie Wright | 🏴 |
RB Paul Hallows | 🏴 |
CB Paul Jones | 🏴 |
D Warwick Rimmer | 🏴 |
LB Harry Mowbray | 🏴 |
FB Peter Nicholson | 🏴 |
M Alan Waldron | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Ian Seddon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Roy Greaves | 🏴 |
W Chris Duffey | 🏴 |
F Garry Jones | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 48' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Alan Waldron | 🏴 | (CB Don McAllister | 🏴 |)
🟩 18 Dec 1971, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 December 1971
Charlie Aitken scores his first goal in six years to clinch three successive wins for Vic Crowe's Villa win for the first time since October to make it thirteen wins, two draws and five defeats in division three so far this campaign.
Over their last six League games, winning five, Villa had scored 21 goals and sat third in the Division Three table, two points behind leaders Notts County.
Meanwhile, Pat McMahon returned as a substitute after 26 games out with a dislocated and broken ankle suffered on the opening day of the season.
Villa extend their unbeaten run to five wins in six as they win for the third consecutive game.
After 20 games Villa sit joint third with Swansea, two points off joint leaders County and Bournemouth as the top four all win.
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