Game #3164
Aston Villa
15-2-6, 32 PTS
Saturday, 8 January 1972
3rd (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 |
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
None
Team News
Chico Hamilton replaces Jimmy Brown.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.04 |
Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 | 32.70 |
Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 21.20 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Lost
0-1
🟥 8 Jan 1972, Villa 0-1 Rochdale, Spotland
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Rochdale 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 0-1, (Rochdale, pen), Whitehead
🕒 | FT Rochdale 1-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Saturday, 8 January 1972
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick | 🏴 | Leicester, 1971-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick | 🏴 | Leicester, 1971-1978
Previous 5 vs. Rochdale: 🟨 🟩 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 4 | 🟩 W2 (50% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(75% ) | 🟥 L1 (25% ) | ⚽ 4 | 🥅 2 | GD 2
Match Stats
Not recorded
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
🕒 104 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 27 🟥 30 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division Three
Rochdale
8-5-10, 21 PTS
Spotland
Attendance: 5,874
GK Tony Godfrey | 🏴 |
D Graham Smith | 🏴 |
CB Arthur Marsh | 🏴 |
CB Colin Parry | 🏴 |
LB Derek Ryder | 🏴 |
M Bobby Downes | 🏴 |
M Len Kinsella | 🏴 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Malcolm Darling | 🏴 |
W Peter Gowans | 🏴 |
F Tony Buck | 🏴 |
Dick Conner | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
F Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa lose for the first time in nine League games as Bournemouth draw and Notts County win, as a result Villa fall to third in the table, three points behind leaders County.
The defeat however is a freak result, not just because of the non-penalty penalty award by Roger Kirkpatrick but the fact that Villa produced a succession of footballing finery that represented their best form for weeks and only a miraculous goalkeeping display from Rochdale’s Tony Godfrey stopped Vic Crowe’s side being many goals to the good before Kirkpatrick’s bizarre decision.
Vic Crowe's Villa end a run of five victories and lose for the first time in nine League games to make it fifteen wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. Villa now sit third, three points shy of leaders Notts County.
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