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Game #3198

Aston Villa

Saturday, 23 September 1972

Drew

3rd= (-2)

DWWWD

Division Two

Attendance: 18,082

Nottingham Forest

City Ground

Villa, unbeaten in six, are held at the City Ground as despite running the game for 75’ lose concentration and allow Forest to equalise and share the points. As a result Villa fall back to joint third in the table with one game in hand over second placed Wednesday and two games in hand on new leaders Burnley - the side who have inflicted Villa’s only defeat this season.

Nottingham Forest

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None |

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 September 1972

HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
56’ Goal, 0-1, Own Goal, Cottam
78’ Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Doug Fraser
FT Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa make it five wins, two draws and a defeat in the League so far this season.

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 | #11 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Saturday, 23 September 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | DWWWD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

CARDS

Villa

None

Nottingham Forest

None

Unknown

TEAM NEWS

Alun Evans replaces Willie Anderson.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.59 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 31.56 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 18.72 |

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 |
W Ray Graydon |
F Geoff Vowden |
F Alun Evans |
CF Andy Lochhead |

Nottingham Forest

Barron, Hindley, Gemmill, Serella, Cottam, Fraser (g), McIntosh, Lyall (Chapman), McKenzie, Richardson, 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
Willie Anderson

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*
Monday, 25 September 1972