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Game #3193

Aston Villa

3-0-1, 6 PTS

Tuesday, 29 August 1972

Aston Villa

1-0

Carlisle United

Division Two

Carlisle United

1-2-1, 4 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,047

Won

1st= (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa bounce back from their first defeat of the season to beat Carlisle and climb back to the summit following the surprise return of Bruce Rioch from injury. Sadly though Rioch’s focus, and the Villa players, is interrupted by further machinations at the club involving Herbert Douglas Ellis, that leads Rioch to release an unprecedented public statement.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 29 August 1972

🟢 | 1’ Debut, John Gidman
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Carlisle United
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Pat McMahon, Sub on, Alun Evans
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 1-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Carlisle United

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa return to winning ways to make it three wins and a defeat in the League so far this season and sat joint first in the table alongside Nottingham Forest, Burnley and Sheffield Wednesday. Meanwhile, right back John Gidman made his Villa debut aged 18 after moving from Liverpool as an apprentice in August 1971.

Aston Villa

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

Carlisle United

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Carlisle United

Previous 5 vs. Carlisle: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #133 |
Tuesday, 29 August 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 133 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 | 31 🟥 34 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 10 April 1971, Villa 1-2 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow. 🆘
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Bruce Rioch and John Gidman replace Brian Tiler and Chico Hamilton.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.76 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.50 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.65 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
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

Alan Ashman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Carlisle United

GK Allan Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Derek Hemstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Graham Winstanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Gorman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Joe Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Ternant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Train | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chris Balderstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Stan Bowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bobby Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Willie O'Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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Injury | 1 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟢 RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"As spokesman for the players, I told Mr. Hartley [the Villa chairman appointed after the removal of Herbert Douglas Ellis] that we are very happy with the way things are and that we don't want any more changes. "The players did not want to become involved, but something happened which made us involved so we had to state our position." Bruce Rioch.

MATCH REPORT

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