Game #3174
Aston Villa
23-4-6, 50 PTS
Wednesday, 15 March 1972
Drew
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Division Three
Attendance: 15,730
Shrewsbury Town
Gay Meadow
12-7-14, 31 PTS
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.
Shrewsbury Town
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 62' |
KEY MAN
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Wednesday, 15 March 1972
🥅 | 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
ON THIS DAY
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).
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Shrewsbury Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Shrewsbury Town
Previous 5 vs. Shrewsbury: 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #114 |
Wednesday, 15 March 1972
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Mike Kerkhof | 🏴 | Bicester, 1968-1974
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 114 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 | 29 🟥 30 | 1.70
Career Form:
Top 6
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Kerkhof | 🏴 | Bicester, 1968-1974 🆘
🆘 Thought the game was being played on an assault course.
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Mike Kerkhof
CARDS
Villa
None
Shrewsbury Town
None
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 31.04 |
Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 | 24.54 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 |
Shrewsbury Town
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 | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Ricky Moir | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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