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Game #3174

Aston Villa

23-4-6, 50 PTS

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Wednesday, 15 March 1972

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

None

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

Matchday Squad:

None

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.04 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 24.54 |

  • Villa are held at Shrewsbury as Vic Crowe’s side hit the 50 point mark after 33 games with Bournemouth, who have played a game more, one point behind, with Brighton five points off top having played the same amount of games as Villa.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa fail to win for only the third time in eighteen League games (two draws and a defeat) to make it twenty three wins, four draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result, Villa (played 33, points 50) remained top of the table ahead of Bournemouth (played 34, points 49) who also drew their latest match and Brighton and Hove Albion (played 33, points 45).

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Drew

1-1

🟨 15 Mar 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow
Scorer(s) | Chris Nicholl | 62' |

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 62' |

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Shrewsbury Town), Ricky Moir
🕒 | HT Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 1-1, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #114 |
Wednesday, 15 March 1972

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Mike Kerkhof | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bicester, 1968-1972
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Referee: Mike Kerkhof | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bicester, 1968-1972

Previous 5 vs. Shrewsbury: 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 114 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 | 29 🟥 30 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
16
🟩
13
🟨
0
16
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
1
🥅
10
7
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
483
🟩
184
🟨
5
482
🟨
102
🟥
0
9
🟥
197
19
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
4
🟩
3
🟨
0
4
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
2
🟩
1
🟨
0
2
🟨
1
🟥
0
1
🟥
0
0
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
140
🟩
52
🟨
2
139
🟨
45
🟥
0
3
🟥
43
1
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
81
🟩
34
🟨
1
75
🟨
22
🟥
0
21
🟥
25
5
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
238
🟩
86
🟨
0
237
🟨
60
🟥
0
41
🟥
92
48
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
105
🟩
53
🟨
5
104
🟨
26
🟥
0
33
🟥
26
17
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
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🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
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🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
301
🟩
102
🟨
7
298
🟨
72
🟥
0
1
🟥
127
6
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
103
🟩
40
🟨
6
98
🟨
24
🟥
0
19
🟥
39
15
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
39
🟩
26
🟨
0
39
🟨
5
🟥
0
14
🟥
8
7
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division Three

Shrewsbury Town

12-7-14, 31 PTS

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Gay Meadow

Attendance: 15,730

GK Ken Mulhearn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Tony Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Bevan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Geoff Fellows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Moir | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Dave Roberts (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jim McLaughlin | 🇬🇧 |
W Alan Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

W Ricky Moir | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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