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Game #3195

Tuesday, 5 September 1972

Attendance: 17,665

Won

League Cup 3rd Round

3rd Round

Nottingham Forest

WLWDW

City Ground

Villa beat Forest in the third round of the League Cup at the City Ground.

Nottingham Forest

0-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 13' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

13’ Goal, 1-0, Alun Evans, Assist by Bruce Rioch
HT Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa
FT Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa

Cards.
Booking, John Gidman, Kicking the ball away
Booking, Alun Evans, Dissent

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa beat division two rivals Forest to progress to the fourth round of the League Cup.

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59

FIXTURE HISTORY

Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #135 |
Tuesday, 5 September 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Tony Morrissey, Cheshire |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 1-0 |
Last 5 Games | WLWDW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 1968-1979
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨

Nottingham Forest

None

Tony Morrissey

TEAM NEWS

Alun Evans makes his first start for Villa as he replaces Andy Lochhead.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.00 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 31.38 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 18.67 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

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 Alun Evans |
F Geoff Vowden |

Nottingham Forest

Barron, Hindley, Gemmill, Serella, Cottam, Fraser, McIntosh (Buckley), Lyall, McKenzie, Lions, O’Neill.

Manager: Matt Gillies.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Chico Hamilton |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Mick Wright
Andy Lochhead

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Wednesday, 6 September 1972