Game #3187
Friday, 5 May 1972
Attendance: 45,714
Won
Division Three
1st (-)
Chesterfield
WWDWW
Villa Park
Villa end their championship and promotion winning season with a record points haul of 70 - beating Hull’s previous record of 69 - and 32 wins, a club season record.
Aston Villa
1-0
Chesterfield
Assist(s) | None |
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Chesterfield
68’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Ross
FT Aston Villa 1-0 Chesterfield
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa make it successive wins at the end of the season to record thirty two wins, six draws and eight defeats in 46 division three games. As a result, Villa achieve a record number of wins in a single league season - 32 - and a record points haul for the Third Division - 70.
Vic Crowe’s Villa had simply stormed the division from November, winning 32 games and blitzing the 100 goals in a season barrier for the ninth time. Villa scored a total of 100 League and cup goals. That placed the 1971-72 campaign 9th in Villa’s 9 100+ seasons behind 1930-31 (131) 1928-29 (115) 1960-61 (112) 1912-13 (106) 1931-32 (105) 1929-30 (105) 1891-92 (102) and level with 1893-94 (100).
Villa were on a march and legends were being born as Jimmy Cumbes, Ray Graydon, Brian Little, Ian Ross and Chris Nicholl all made their debuts.
Aston Villa
Chesterfield
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Chesterfield: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #54 |
League Match | #46 |
Manager Game | #127 |
Friday, 5 May 1972
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Vic Crowe |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 1-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWDWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Charlie Aitken and Willie Anderson replace Brian Little and Chico Hamilton.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.02 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 31.18 |
Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 24.68 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Vic Crowe
Aston Villa
GK Jim Cumbes |
RB Mick Wright |
CB Chris Nicholl |
CB Fred Turnbull |
CB Ian Ross |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Bruce Rioch |
M Willie Anderson |
W Ray Graydon |
F Geoff Vowden |
CF Andy Lochhead |
Chesterfield
Tingay, Holmes, Tiler, Phelan, Bell, Stott, McHale, Moss, Randall, Archer, Wilson.
Manager: Jimmy McGuigan.
SUBSTITUTES
None
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Chico Hamilton |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Saturday, 6 May 1972