Game #3162
Monday, 27 December 1971
Attendance: 24,419
Won
Division Three
2nd= (+1)
Swansea City
LWWWW
Vetch Field
Villa make it six wins in seven unbeaten League games to climb to joint second in the table alongside long time leaders Bournemouth, who are beaten at Brighton, and just a point off Notts County, who are held at Wrexham.
Swansea City
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 52' | Charlie Aitken | 87' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
37’ Goal, 0-1, (Swansea City), Herbie Williams
HT Swansea City 1-0 Aston Villa
52’ Goal, 1-1, Charlie Aitken, Assist by Willie Anderson
87’ Goal, 2-1, Ray Graydon, Assist by Charlie Aitken
FT Swansea City 1-2 Aston Villa
Cards.
Booking, George Curtis
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa win four successive games for the first time this season to make it fourteen wins, two draws and five defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result, Villa jump to second in the Division Three table, one point behind leaders Notts County.
Aston Villa
Swansea City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Swansea City
Previous 5 vs. Swansea: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #102 |
Monday, 27 December 1971
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Vic Crowe |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | LWWWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Geoff Vowden replaces Chico Hamilton.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.74 |
Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 32.67 |
Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 18.24 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Vic Crowe
Aston Villa
GK Jim Cumbes |
RB Mick Wright |
CB Fred Turnbull |
CB George Curtis |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Willie Anderson |
M Bruce Rioch |
M Jimmy Brown |
W Ray Graydon |
CF Andy Lochhead |
F Geoff Vowden |
Swansea City
Millington, Jones, Screen, Williams A, Williams H (g), Hole (ex), Holme, Thomas, Davies, Gwyther, Beer.
Manager: Roy Bentley.
SUBSTITUTES
Not recorded
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not recorded
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Tuesday, 28 December 1971