The 1970–71 English football season was Aston Villa's 72nd season in the Football League. Under manager Vic Crowe, Villa's 4th place finish in the Third Division remains their lowest League position in history.Saunders chosen as Aston Villa's new manager, 5 June 1974, The Times, Issue: 59107 In contrast Villa's run in the League Cup would end at Wembley.
There were debut appearances for Geoff Vowden (97), Harry Gregory (24), Dave Gibson (19), and Geoff Crudgington (4). League Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Notes Scorers 19 Aug 1970 Notts County Villa Park 4–0 W 1st Round Willie Anderson 20'; Pat McMahon 26'; Bruce Rioch 36'; Chico Hamilton 62' 9 Sep 1970 Burnley Villa Park 2–0 W 2nd Round Chico Hamilton 65'; Lionel Martin 78' 6 Oct 1970 Northampton County Ground 1–1 D 3rd Round Chico Hamilton 23' 13 Oct 1970 Northampton Villa Park 3–0 W 3rd Round replay Andy Lochhead 39', 65'; Willie Anderson 55' 28 Oct 1970 Carlisle Villa Park 1–0 W 4th Round Brian Tiler 67' 17 Nov 1970 Bristol Rovers Eastville 1–1 D Quarter-final Pat McMahon 1' 25 Nov 1970 Bristol Rovers Villa Park 1–0 W Quarter-final replay Pat McMahon 88' 16 Dec 1970 Manchester United Old Trafford 1–1 D Semi-final Andy Lochhead 40' 23 Dec 1970 Manchester United Villa Park 2–1 W Semi-final replay Andy Lochhead 37'; Pat McMahon 72' 27 Feb 1971 Spurs Wembley 0–2 L Final —
Third Division
Matches
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FA Cup
At the First round proper stage the 48 clubs from the Football League Third and Fourth Divisions joined the non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. To complete this round, four additional non-league clubs were given byes. Macclesfield Town and Telford United were the finalists from the inaugural FA Trophy competition held during the previous season, while Enfield and Dagenham were the finalists from the previous season's FA Amateur Cup.
Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 21 November 1970, with the exception of the Great Harwood–Rotherham United match which was played the following Tuesday.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate30Torquay United3–1Aston Villa21 November 1970 Players 1 John Dunn 2 Keith Bradley 3 Charlie Aitken 4 Brian Godfrey (c) 5 Fred Turnbull 6 Brian Tiler 7 Pat McMahon 8 Bruce Rioch 9 Andy Lochhead 10 Ian Hamilton 11 Willie Anderson 12 Dave Gibson
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