Game #3165
Aston Villa
16-2-6, 34 PTS
Wednesday, 19 January 1972
Won
2nd (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division Three
Shrewsbury Town
Attendance: 27,239
Villa Park
11-4-9, 26 PTS
Aston Villa
3-0
Shrewsbury Town
Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 33' | Chico Hamilton | 44' | Jimmy Cumbes | 54' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa bounce back from their first defeat in nine to beat Shrewsbury Town at Villa Park and make second spot their own, one point ahead of Bournemouth and one behind leaders Notts County but Vic Crowe’s side have played one more game than their rivals.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 19 January 1972
⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Willie Anderson
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Shrewsbury Town
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 3-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Jimmy Cumbes
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Andy Lochhead, Sub on, Lionel Martin 🔴
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Shrewsbury Town
🟨 | Booking, George Curtis.
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa bounce back from their shock defeat in Rochdale to make it six wins in seven and sixteen wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. Meanwhile, Lionel Martin made his final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Worcester City in July 1972. Martin played for Villa between 1966-67 and 1971-72 making 56 appearances and scoring 9 goals.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Shrewsbury Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Shrewsbury Town
Previous 5 vs. Shrewsbury: 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Wednesday, 19 January 1972
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 105 | 🟩 | 48 🟨 | 27 🟥 30 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Harry Gregory replaces Bruce Rioch.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.42 |
Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 | 32.73 |
Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 21.23 |
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴 | 🔥 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |
Shrewsbury Town
GK Ken Mulhearn | 🏴 |
FB Sandy Brown | 🏴 |
LB Geoff Fellows | 🏴 |
CB John Moore | 🏴 |
CB Jim Holton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gerry Bridgwood | 🏴 |
M Ricky Moir | 🏴 |
W Alan Groves | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Dave Roberts (ex) | 🏴 |
F George Andrews | 🏴 |
F Alf Wood | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Lionel Martin | 🏴 | 🔴 | for CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 59' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Trevor Meredith | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Lionel Martin | 🏴 | 1967-72 | 🕒 57 | 44 (13) | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 6 | 🇺 10 | #519 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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