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Game #3166

Aston Villa

17-2-6, 36 PTS

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Saturday, 22 January 1972

1st (+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
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Bruce Rioch, Dissent (6)

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

Goalkeepers
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midifelders
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Unavailable

None

Team News

Bruce Rioch replaces Harry Gregory.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.07 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.74 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.24 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-0

🟩 22 Jan 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 43' | Bruce Rioch | 57' |

Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 43' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 43’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Ray Graydon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Barnsley
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Barnsley

🟨 | Booking, Bruce Rioch, Dissent

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Saturday, 22 January 1972

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1968-1980
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1968-1980
Linesmen: R. W. Bartlett (Banbury); B. T. Stevens (Stonehouse)

Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 10 | 🟩 W8 (80% ) | 🟨 D2 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 26 | 🥅 5 | GD 21

Match Stats

Not recorded

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 106 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 27 🟥 30 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Division Three

Barnsley

3-10-12, 16 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 30,531

GK Gerry Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Barry Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Eric Winstanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Brian Raggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M George Boardman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Les Lea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Sharp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Jimmy Seal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Johnny Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | F Jimmy Seal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Willie Waddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 David Booth

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1911-12

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Gerry Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Eric Winstanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Brian Raggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Barry Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M George Boardman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Wingers
W Les Lea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Sharp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Forwards
F Jimmy Seal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Waddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

8

8

🔥

0

1

🟩

7

🟨

0

🟥

1

5

🥅

4

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

475

474

🔥

8

19

🟩

178

🟨

100

🟥

197

CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

132

131

🔥

3

1

🟩

46

🟨

43

🟥

43

CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

51

51

🔥

3

1

🟩

25

🟨

8

🟥

18

RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

293

290

🔥

1

6

🟩

96

🟨

70

🟥

127

M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

95

90

🔥

19

14

🟩

34

🟨

22

🟥

39

M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

105

98

🔥

22

21

🟩

46

🟨

29

🟥

30

M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

233

232

🔥

40

43

🟩

82

🟨

59

🟥

92

W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

31

31

🔥

12

6

🟩

20

🟨

3

🟥

8

CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

97

96

🔥

29

16

🟩

47

🟨

24

🟥

26

CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

45

43

🔥

9

6

🟩

21

🟨

11

🟥

13

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Vic Crowe's Villa make it seven wins in eight and seventeen wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result, Villa leapt into top spot in the table, one point ahead of second placed Bournemouth having scored 50, conceded 22 and accumulated 36 points.

What they Said

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