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Game #3192

Aston Villa

2-0-1, 4 PTS

Saturday, 26 August 1972

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Lost

3rd= (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Burnley

1-2-0, 4 PTS

Turf Moor

Attendance: 14,804

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

Burnley

4-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Andy Lochhead | 17' |

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 August 1972

🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), Doug Collins
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-1, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🥅 | 29’ Goal, 1-2, (Burnley), Paul Fletcher
🥅 | 33’ Goal, 1-3, (Burnley), Martin Dobson
🕒 | HT Burnley 3-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 55' Booking, Andy Lochhead, Foul
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 1-4, (Burnley), Frank Casper
🕒 | FT Burnley 4-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Brian Tiler, Ungentlemanly conduct
🟨 | Booking, Ian Ross, Ungentlemanly conduct

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 August 1972
  • Villa find themselves overrun in midfield in the absence of Bruce Rioch as they lose their first League game of the season to drop to joint third in the table after three games.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa lose their first League game of the season as centre back Brian Tiler made his final appearance aged 29 before moving on to Carlisle United in November 1972. Tiler played for Villa between 1968-69 and 1972-73 making 127 appearances and scoring 4 goals.

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1968-72 🕒 127 | ✅ 125 🔁 (2) | ⚽ 4 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 2 | #532 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Burnley

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60

FIXTURE HISTORY
Burnley
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Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #132 |
Saturday, 26 August 1972

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🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Harold Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1969-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 132 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 31 🟥 34 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Harold Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1969-1973

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 🟨 🟨

CARDS
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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Brian Tiler and Chico Hamilton come in for their first appearances of the season to replace Mick Wright and Bruce Rioch.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.45 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.49 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.84 |

Referee

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Jimmy Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Burnley

GK Alan Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Waldron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Martin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Doug Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Leighton James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Dave Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Frank Casper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Leighton James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (M Billy Ingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

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

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 26 Aug 1972, Villa 1-4 Burnley, Turf Moor

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