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1970-71

Third Division

Finished 4th of 24 · P46 W19 D15 L12 · 54 scored, 46 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
15 Aug 1970	A	Chesterfield	3–2	W
22 Aug 1970	H	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	D
29 Aug 1970	A	Swansea City	2–1	W
31 Aug 1970	H	Mansfield Town	0–1	L
5 Sept 1970	H	Doncaster Rovers	3–2	W
12 Sept 1970	A	Barnsley	1–1	D
19 Sept 1970	H	Preston North End	2–0	W
23 Sept 1970	H	Gillingham	2–1	W
26 Sept 1970	A	Wrexham	3–2	W
30 Sept 1970	H	Bristol Rovers	1–1	D
3 Oct 1970	H	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	D
10 Oct 1970	A	Rochdale	1–1	D
17 Oct 1970	H	Chesterfield	0–0	D
19 Oct 1970	A	Port Vale	0–2	L
24 Oct 1970	H	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	W
31 Oct 1970	A	Reading	5–3	W
7 Nov 1970	H	Torquay United	0–1	L
11 Nov 1970	H	Bury	1–0	W
14 Nov 1970	A	Halifax Town	1–2	L
28 Nov 1970	A	Fulham	2–0	W
5 Dec 1970	H	Bradford City	1–0	W
19 Dec 1970	A	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	D
26 Dec 1970	H	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	W
2 Jan 1971	A	Walsall	0–3	L
9 Jan 1971	A	Bristol Rovers	2–1	W
16 Jan 1971	H	Port Vale	1–0	W
23 Jan 1971	A	Rotherham United	1–1	D
30 Jan 1971	H	Fulham	1–0	W
6 Feb 1971	A	Bradford City	0–1	L
13 Feb 1971	H	Rotherham United	1–0	W
20 Feb 1971	A	Bury	1–3	L
5 Mar 1971	A	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	D
10 Mar 1971	A	Gillingham	0–0	D
13 Mar 1971	H	Halifax Town	1–1	D
17 Mar 1971	H	Walsall	0–0	D
20 Mar 1971	A	Torquay United	1–1	D
26 Mar 1971	A	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	L
3 Apr 1971	H	Swansea City	3–0	W
9 Apr 1971	A	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	L
10 Apr 1971	A	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	L
12 Apr 1971	H	Barnsley	0–0	D
17 Apr 1971	H	Rochdale	1–0	W
24 Apr 1971	A	Preston North End	0–0	D
26 Apr 1971	A	Mansfield Town	0–2	L
1 May 1971	H	Wrexham	3–4	L
4 May 1971	H	Reading	2–1	W

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	46	22	17	7	63	39	+24	61
2	Fulham	46	24	12	10	68	41	+27	60
3	Halifax Town	46	22	12	12	74	55	+19	56
4	Aston Villa	46	19	15	12	54	46	+8	53
5	Chesterfield	46	17	17	12	66	38	+28	51
6	Bristol Rovers	46	19	13	14	69	50	+19	51
7	Mansfield Town	46	18	15	13	64	62	+2	51
8	Rotherham United	46	17	16	13	64	60	+4	50
9	Wrexham	46	18	13	15	72	65	+7	49
10	Torquay United	46	19	11	16	54	57	-3	49
11	Swansea City	46	15	16	15	59	56	+3	46
12	Barnsley	46	17	11	18	49	52	-3	45
13	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	13	17	58	62	-4	45
14	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	14	16	16	50	47	+3	44
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	19	15	63	63	0	43
16	Rochdale	46	14	15	17	61	68	-7	43
17	Port Vale	46	15	12	19	52	59	-7	42
18	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	22	14	45	55	-10	42
19	Bradford City	46	13	14	19	49	62	-13	40
20	Walsall	46	14	11	21	51	57	-6	39
21	Reading	46	14	11	21	48	85	-37	39
22	Bury	46	12	13	21	52	60	-8	37
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	9	24	45	66	-21	35
24	Gillingham	46	10	13	23	42	67	-25	33

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.