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Game #3176

Aston Villa

23-5-7, 51 PTS

Saturday, 25 March 1972

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Lost

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division Three

Brighton & Hove Albion

20-7-8, 47 PTS

Goldstone Ground

Attendance: 29,135

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

Brighton & Hove Albion

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 56' |

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 March 1972

🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Willie Irvine
🕒 | HT Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 1-1, Bruce Rioch, Assist by Ray Graydon
🟨 | 79’ Booking, Bruce Rioch, Foul
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 1-2, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Kit Napier
🕒 | FT Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 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

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 March 1972
  • Villa suffer defeat in the League for the first time in twelve as they lose to third placed Brighton whilst Bournemouth and Notts County both draw to leave Vic Crowe’s side one point clear at the top with two points in hand over Bournemouth and four clear of their victorious opponents Brighton.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa lose for only the second time in twenty League games to make it twenty three wins, five draws and seven defeats in 35 division three games so far this campaign. Despite the loss, and not having won in three, Villa remain top of the table (played 35, points 51) and ahead of Bournemouth (played 37, points 50) and their opponents Brighton and Hove Albion (played 35, points 47).

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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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

Brighton & Hove Albion

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Brighton & Hove Albion
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Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

League 🕒 6 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 5 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 4 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Away 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 6 |

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

Brighton & Hove Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Brighton & Hove Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Saturday, 25 March 1972

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🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1965-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

🕒 116 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 | 30 🟥 31 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1965-1972

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Bruce Rioch

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

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.51 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.07 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 24.57 |

Referee

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Pat Saward (ex) | 🇮🇪 |

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Brighton & Hove Albion

GK Brian Powney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Eddie Spearitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Templeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Bromley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bert Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter O’Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Mark Gall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Beamish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kit Napier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Willie Irvine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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W Bernie Lutton | 🇬🇧 |

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

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 25 Mar 1972, Villa 1-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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