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Game #3191

Aston Villa

2-0-0, 4 PTS

Saturday, 19 August 1972

Aston Villa

2-1

Huddersfield Town

Division Two

Huddersfield Town

1-0-1. 2 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,843

Won

1st= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Pat McMahon | 48' | Alun Evans | 87' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa make it successive League wins to sit top of the early second division table as they beat relegated first division Huddersfield at Villa Park with goals from Vowden and Graydon but Villa lose talisman Bruce Rioch to a broken wrist that threatens to upset the balance of Vic Crowe’s small squad.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 19 August 1972

💥 | 18' Ray Graydon goal disallowed for offside
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Pat McMahon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Huddersfield Town
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Bruce Rioch, Sub on, Alun Evans
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Alun Evans
🟨 | 89' Booking, Ray Graydon, Obstruction.
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Huddersfield Town

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa make it consecutive League wins at the start of the season as Huddersfield are dispatched at Villa Park. Meanwhile, Mick Wright made his final appearance for Villa aged just 25. Mick played for Villa between 1963-64 and 1972-73 making 318 appearances and scoring once and was well on his way to being a record appearance holder when injury struck, ending his career. Earlier in his career Wright had a penchant for transfer requests as struggling Villa fell down the leagues however his was a crucial role in Villa's dominating season of 1971-72 and hopes remained that he could replicate his form at a higher level before his injury struck.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Huddersfield Town

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Huddersfield Town

Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #131 |
Saturday, 19 August 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Guildford, 1966-1979 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 131 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 31 🟥 33 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Guildford, 1966-1979 🆘
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 26 February 1972, Villa 2-0 Vale, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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🟨 🟨

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TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.40 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.47 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 24.97 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ian Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Huddersfield Town

GK Chris Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Geoff Hutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Lyon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Dolan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Pugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Lawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alan Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dick Krzywicki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Alan Gowling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 54' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Dick Krzywicki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (F Dave Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🔴 RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1963-72 | 🕒 318 | 315 (3) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 6 | 🇺 2 | #500 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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