Game #3181
Aston Villa
28-5-7, 61 PTS
Monday, 10 April 1972
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division Three
Attendance: 32,140
Oldham Athletic
Villa Park
16-9-15, 41 PTS
Aston Villa
1-0
Oldham Athletic
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa, playing their second match in three days and fifth in ten, need a late late winner to take the points against Oldham but in doing so Vic Crowe’s side not only extend their lead at the top of the table to seven but break the club’s points record - 61 - with six games still to play, and increase their newly set win record to 27.
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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 HISTORY
Oldham Athletic
Previous 5 vs. Oldham: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
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
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴 | Plymouth, 1966-1973
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
Charles Nicholls
CARDS
Villa
None
Oldham Athletic
🟨
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | 61' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Kevin Crumblehulme | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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