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Game #3169

Aston Villa

20-2-6, 42 PTS

Saturday, 12 February 1972

Aston Villa

2-1

Bournemouth & Boscombe

Division Three

AFC Bournemouth

15-8-4, 38 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 48,110

Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 72' | George Curtis | 74' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa beat second placed Bournemouth to push them down to third in the table and open up a four point lead over the south coast side who retain their game in hand. Meanwhile, Notts County win to lift them to second, three behind Villa with two games in hand. Meanwhile, Villa fall behind before losing Fred Turnbull to concussion and under pressure Geoff Vowden, who was booed at kick off, scores, gestures and leaves the field to cheers.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 February 1972

🥅 | 27’ Goal, 0-1, (Bournemouth), Ted MacDougall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Bournemouth
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Fred Turnbull, Sub on, Jimmy Brown
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 1-1, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-1, Andy Lochhead, Assist by George Curtis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Bournemouth

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa record five successive wins for the second time this season and make it ten wins in eleven and twenty wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result of winning the promotion 'four pointer', Villa (played 28, points 42) open a four point gap to Bournemouth (played 27, points 38) as Notts County go second (played 26, points 39).

Aston Villa

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

AFC Bournemouth

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

AFC Bournemouth

Previous 5 vs. Bournemouth: 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #109 |
Saturday, 12 February 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Harold Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1966-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 109 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 | 27 🟥 30 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Harold Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1966-1975
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 March 1970, Villa 0-1 Charlton, The Valley.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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TEAM NEWS

Geoff Vowden, Pat McMahon and Chico Hamilton replace Willie Anderson, Jimmy Brown and Harry Gregory.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.25 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.80 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.30 |

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 Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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AFC Bournemouth

GK Fred Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Bill Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mel Machin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Scott (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ted MacDougall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Phil Boyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 64' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB David Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (M Micky Cave | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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 | 1 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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