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Game #3172

Aston Villa

22-3-6, 47 PTS

Saturday, 4 March 1972

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Notts County

17-7-5, 41 PTS

Meadow Lane

Attendance: 34,208

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

Notts County

0-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 48' | 78' | Bruce Rioch | 62' |

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 March 1972

🕒 | HT Notts County 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 1-0, Pat McMahon, Assist by Willie Anderson
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Bruce Rioch
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 3-0, Pat McMahon, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Notts County 0-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 March 1972
  • Villa visit promotion rivals and third placed County and hammer their opponents after a goalless first half to leave the one time league leaders in disarray down in fourth, with two games in hand by now six points behind Vic Crowe’s side. 

  • Bournemouth remain second, three points behind, courtesy of their home win whilst Brighton climb into the top three, four points off the top. 

  • Villa’s new signing Ian Ross proves a revelation in midfield meanwhile Jimmy Cumbes, despite the occasional blunder, has kept nine clean sheets in his fourteen games, conceding just five goals.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa make it twelve wins in fourteen and twenty two wins, three draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result of winning the promotion 'four pointer', Villa (played 31, points 47) put themselves six points ahead of County (played 29, points 41) relegating them to a distant fourth place as well as maintaining the gap to Bournemouth (played 31, points 44) and the new third place team Brighton and Hove Albion (played 31, points 43).

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Notts County

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1893-94

FIXTURE HISTORY
Notts County
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Previous 5 vs. Notts County: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #112 |
Saturday, 4 March 1972

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🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ricky Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1968-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 112 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 | 28 🟥 30 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ricky Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1968-1972

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Willie Anderson replaces Chico Hamilton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.13 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.85 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 24.51 |

Referee

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Jimmy Sirrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Notts County

GK Roy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bill Brindley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bob Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Stubbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Carlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Don Masson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jon Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Crickmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Les Bradd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F John Cozens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 Mar 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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