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Game #3167

Aston Villa

18-2-6, 38 PTS

Friday, 28 January 1972

Tranmere Rovers

0-1

Aston Villa

Division Three

Tranmere Rovers

6-10-9, 22 PTS

Prenton Park

Attendance: 12,054

Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 68' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa win for the tenth time in twelve League games to sit a point clear of Notts County at the top of the table and two ahead of Bournemouth in third but a section of fans are vocal about their unhappiness with the lack of flair in Villa’s football. Football isn’t a rational game.

KEY MAN

Charlie Aitken, scored for the second time in six games to extend Villa's lead at the top of the table, Friday, 28 January 1972.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Friday, 28 January 1972

🕒 | HT Tranmere Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-0, Charlie Aitken, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa make it eight wins in nine and eighteen wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result, Villa go three points clear at the top of the table (38) however promotion rivals Notts County (35) and Bournemouth (35) both have a game in hand.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Tranmere Rovers

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Tranmere Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Tranmere: 🟩 🟨 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #107 |
Friday, 28 January 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 107 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 | 27 🟥 30 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Jimmy Brown and Harry Gregory replace Geoff Vowden and Chico Hamilton.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.60 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.76 |

Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 18.33 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jackie Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tranmere Rovers

GK Tommy Lawrence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Ray Mathias | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Kit Fagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Storton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Storton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Syd Farrimond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Paul Crossley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Beamish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Malcolm Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Coyne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Subsitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB John Dempsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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