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Game #3176

Aston Villa

Saturday, 25 March 1972

Lost

1st (-)

WWDDL

Division Three

Attendance: 29,135

Brighton & Hove Albion

Goldstone Ground

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.

Brighton & Hove Albion

2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded |

KEY MAN

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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, 1-2, Bruce Rioch
84’ Goal, 0-2, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Kit Napier
FT Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Aston Villa

Cards.
79’ Booking, Bruce Rioch.

ON THIS DAY

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).

Aston Villa

Brighton & Hove Albion

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Brighton & Hove Albion

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Norman Burtenshaw, Great Yarmouth |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-2 |
Last 5 Games | WWDDL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1962-1973
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Brighton & Hove Albion

None

Norman Burtenshaw

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.51 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 31.07 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 24.57 |

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 |

Brighton & Hove Albion

Powney, Murray, Spearitt, Templeman, Gall, Goodwin, Napier (g), Beamish, Irvine (g), Bromley, O’Sullivan.

Manager: Pat Saward.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Geoff Vowden |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

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, 27 March 1972