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Game #3168

Aston Villa

19-2-6, 40 PTS

Saturday, 5 February 1972

Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

York City

Attendance: 26,905

Villa Park

6-8-14, 20 PTS

Aston Villa

1-0

York City

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa meet York for the first ever time and secure their eleventh victory in thirteen league games, having not conceded in their last four, a run that sees them open up a two point lead at the top of the table over second placed Bournemouth who have a game in hand whilst Notts County have two in hand and are three points behind Villa in third. Villa face Bournemouth next potentially without the pivotal Willie Anderson who was forced to leave the field with a hamstring injury.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 February 1972

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 York City
🟨 | 51’ Booking, George Curtis, Late tackle
💥 | 66’ Missed penalty, Willie Anderson
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-0, Willie Anderson, pen
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, Pat McMahon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 York City

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa make it nine wins in ten and nineteen wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result, Villa consolidate first place (played 27, points 40) from Bournemouth (played 26, points 38) and Notts County (played 25, points 37).

Aston Villa

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

York City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

York City

Previous 5 vs. York: None
None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Saturday, 5 February 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Tom Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1968-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 108 | 🟩 | 51 🟨 | 27 🟥 30 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tom Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1968-1979
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 December 1968, Villa 2-4 Palace, Selhurst Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨

York City

None

TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.62 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.78 |

Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 18.35 |

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

Tom Johnston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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York City

GK Graeme Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Mackin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Pat Lally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Chris Topping | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Phil Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Swallow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Laurie Calloway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Wann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Paul Almson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 71' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Alan Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Eddie Rowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

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

🔴 M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1970-72 | 🕒 29 | 23 (6) | ⚽ 4 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 7 | #548 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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