Aston Villa 3
Wrexham 4
League (Division Three)


Aston Villa 

3 - 4
HT: 2-2

Wrexham


League
(Division Three)
Saturday, May 1st, 1971
Villa Park
Attendance: 18,733
3:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Geoff Vowden (18)
Brian Godfrey (44)
Brian Godfrey (51)
Ray Smith (9)
Albert Kinsey (32)
Albert Kinsey (49)
Ray Smith (54)

Team Managers
Vic Crowe John Neal

Starting Eleven
1. John Dunn
2. Mick Wright
3. Charlie Aitken
4. Brian Godfrey
5. Fred Turnbull
6. Brian Tiler
7. Bruce Rioch
8. Geoff Vowden
9. Pat McMahon
10. Ian 'Chico' Hamilton
11. Willie Anderson
Dave Gaskell .1
Mickey Evans .2
Tommy Vansittart .3
Gareth Davies .4
Eddie May .5
Graham Whittle .6
Ian Moir .7
Bobby Park .8
Ray Smith .9
Albert Kinsey .10
Andy Provan .11

Bench
12. Harry Gregory Brian Tinnion .12

Substitutions
None. Brian Tinnion for Eddie May (68)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

E. Wallace (Swindon) (Referee)
D.G. Martin (Bedford) & P.G. Reeves (Leicester) (Assistants)



Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at May 1st, 1971)


1970-71 All Time
League Cups All
Dave Gaskell (GK) 38 - 51981
Gareth Davies 43 - 5 - 1464
Mickey Evans 32 - 2 - 13418
Eddie May 4556215620
Tommy Vansittart 44 - 61712
Bobby Park 3836 - 917
Albert Kinsey 32166123684
Ian Moir 3325 - 14616
Andy Provan 317533610
Ray Smith 2093117167
Graham Whittle 1 - 0 - 1 -
Brian Tinnion (sub) 3273 - 8616







League Table & Results (as at May 1st, 1971)


Other Wrexham matches played on May 1st, 1971:
Welsh League (North)
Wrexham Reserves8-1Caernarfon T.

Results of league matches played since last match
27th April 1971
Barnsley1-2Walsall
Bury0-1Rotherham Utd
Doncaster R.1-2Rochdale
28th April 1971
Bradford City2-3Fulham
Brighton & HA1-1Plymouth A.
Gillingham1-1Chesterfield
Shrewsbury T.1-0Swansea City
Torquay2-0Halifax Town
30th April 1971
Tranmere R.1-0Shrewsbury T.
1st May 1971
Aston Villa3-4Wrexham
Bradford City1-0Chesterfield
Bristol Rovers1-3Brighton & HA
Bury1-1Swansea City
Fulham0-1Preston NE
Halifax Town4-1Barnsley
Mansfield Town2-0Gillingham
Port Vale1-1Walsall
Reading1-1Rochdale
Rotherham Utd1-1Plymouth A.
Torquay2-1Doncaster R.


Division Three 1970-71
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Fulham 46 24 12 10 1.659 60
2. Preston North End 45 21 17 7 1.538 59
3. Halifax Town 45 22 12 11 1.404 56
4. Chesterfield 46 17 17 12 1.737 51
5. Bristol Rovers 46 19 13 14 1.380 51
6. Aston Villa 45 18 15 12 1.156 51
7. Mansfield Town 46 18 15 13 1.032 51
8. Rotherham United 45 17 16 12 1.123 50
9. WREXHAM 45 18 12 15 1.109 48
10. Torquay United 45 18 11 16 0.930 47
11. Shrewsbury Town 45 16 13 16 0.951 45
12. Barnsley 46 17 11 18 0.942 45
13. Swansea City 45 14 16 15 1.018 44
14. Brighton & Hove Albion 45 14 15 16 1.065 43
15. Plymouth Argyle 46 12 19 15 1.000 43
16. Rochdale 46 14 15 17 0.897 43
17. Port Vale 46 15 12 19 0.881 42
18. Tranmere Rovers 46 10 22 14 0.818 42
19. Bradford City 46 13 14 19 0.790 40
20. Walsall 46 14 11 21 0.895 39
21. Reading 45 14 11 20 0.566 39
22. Bury 46 12 13 21 0.867 37
23. Doncaster Rovers 46 13 9 24 0.682 35
24. Gillingham 46 10 13 23 0.627 33