Game #3178
Aston Villa
25-5-7, 55 PTS
Saturday, 1 April 1972
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division Three
Attendance: 33,394
Swansea City
Villa Park
16-8-12, 40 PTS
Aston Villa
2-0
Swansea City
Assist(s) | Charlie Aitken | 54' | Ray Graydon | 68' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa beat Swansea at Villa Park as promotion rivals Bournemouth and Brighton hold each other to a draw to leave Villa four points clear at the top with a game in hand.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 April 1972
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Swansea City
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 1-0, Willie Anderson, Assist by Charlie Aitken
⚽ | 68' Goal, 2-0, Pat McMahon, Assist by Ray Graydon
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Andy Lochhead, Sub on, Geoff Vowden
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Swansea City
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa's recent three game wobble (two draws and a defeat) is long forgotten as they make it successive wins again to record twenty five wins, five draws and seven defeats in 37 division three games so far this campaign. As a result, Villa (played 37, points 55) meant they now led second place Bournemouth by four points with a game in hand (played 38, points 51) and third place Brighton and Hove Albion by five points (played 37, points 50). Meanwhile, Vic Crowe makes his first substitution in nine games.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Swansea City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Swansea City
Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 1 April 1972
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴 | Cheshire, 1968-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 118 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 | 30 🟥 31 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴 | Cheshire, 1968-1979
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Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Swansea City
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe names the same line up for the sixth successive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.53 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 31.08 |
Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 | 24.59 |
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 | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Roy Bentley | 🏴 |
Swansea City
GK Don Payne | 🏴 |
D Peter Jones | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Glen Davies | 🏴 |
CB Alan Williams | 🏴 |
LB Denley Morgan | 🏴 |
WH Barrie Hole (ex) | 🏴 |
M Geoff Thomas | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Ronnie Rees | 🏴 |
W Brian Evans | 🏴 |
M Gerry Ingram | 🏴 |
F Dave Gwyther | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | for CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 74' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | D Peter Jones | 🏴 | (RB Wyndham Evans | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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