Game #3181
Aston Villa
28-5-7, 61 PTS
Monday, 10 April 1972
Aston Villa
1-0
Oldham Athletic
Division Three
Oldham Athletic
16-9-15, 41 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,140
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 10 April 1972
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Oldham Athletic
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Pat McMahon, Sub on, Geoff Vowden
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Oldham Athletic
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa make it five successive victories for the third time since November (this time in just 11 days) courtesy of Ray Graydon's goal 13 seconds before full time. As a result, Villa make it twenty eight wins, five draws and seven defeats in 40 division three games so far this campaign. In doing so Villa (played 40, points 61) have set a record points haul (61) and win total (28) to put them seven points clear of Bournemouth (played 40, points 54) and Brighton and Hove Albion (played 39, points 54).
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Oldham Athletic
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_a122fdc984ac460e92ce1f8bde91e9fd~mv2.gif)
Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #121 |
Monday, 10 April 1972
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴 | Plymouth, 1966-1973
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 121 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 30 🟥 31 | 1.74
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴 | Plymouth, 1966-1973
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 30 October 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe names the same line up used in eight of the last nine games.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.56 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 31.11 |
Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 | 24.61 |
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Jimmy Frizzell | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_a122fdc984ac460e92ce1f8bde91e9fd~mv2.gif)
Oldham Athletic
GK Harry Dowd | 🏴 |
RB Ian Wood | 🏴 |
CB Dick Mulvaney | 🏴 |
CB Bill Cranston | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Maurice Whittle | 🏴 |
M Jim Bowie | 🏴 |
M Paul Clements | 🏴 |
W Don Heath | 🏴 |
W Keith Bebbington | 🏴 |
F David Shaw | 🏴 |
F Ian Robins | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 | F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | 61' |
SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_a122fdc984ac460e92ce1f8bde91e9fd~mv2.gif)
M Kevin Crumblehulme | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
None
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_a122fdc984ac460e92ce1f8bde91e9fd~mv2.gif)
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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