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Game #3175

Saturday, 18 March 1972

Attendance: 45,953

Drew

Division Three

1st (-)

Walsall

WWWDD

Villa Park

Villa are held for the second successive game but Bournemouth, Brighton and Notts County are all beaten to leave Vic Crowe’s side two points clear at the top, two ahead of Bournemouth having played a game less, six points ahead of Brighton, and eight ahead of County.

Aston Villa

0-0

Walsall

Assist(s) | None |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

HT Aston Villa 0-0 Walsall
FT Aston Villa 0-0 Walsall

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa draw successive League games for the first time this season and have now failed to beat neighbours Walsall both home and away this season and make it twenty three wins, five draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. Despite dropping points for a second consecutive game, Villa's position in the table strengthens as the teams around them lose. Villa, with one defeat in the last twenty games, (played 34, points 51) remained ahead of Bournemouth (played 35, points 49) and their next opponents Brighton and Hove Albion (played 34, points 45).

Aston Villa

Walsall

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Walsall: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #115 |
Saturday, 18 March 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Edwin Wallace, Crewe |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWWDD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Edwin Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Walsall

🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe names the same line up for the third successive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.49 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 31.05 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 24.55 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

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 |

Walsall

Wesson, Gregg, Evans, Harrison, Jones S, Bennett, Taylor B, Shinton, Jones C, Penman, Morris (Taylor C).

Manager: Bill Moore.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Geoff Vowden |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 20 March 1972