Game #3191
Aston Villa
2-0-0, 4 PTS
Saturday, 19 August 1972
Won
1st= (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 34,843
Huddersfield Town
Villa Park
1-0-1. 2 PTS
Aston Villa
2-1
Huddersfield Town
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.
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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
Huddersfield Town
Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
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
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MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 131 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 31 🟥 33 | 1.77
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴 | Guildford, 1966-1979 🆘
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Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
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Huddersfield Town
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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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴 | 🔥 | for M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 | 54' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Dick Krzywicki | 🏴 | (F Dave Smith | 🏴 |)
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 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 | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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