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Game #3199

Aston Villa

6-2-1, 14 PTS

Wednesday, 27 September 1972

Won

2nd= (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Attendance: 29,895

Sunderland

Villa Park

3-4-2, 10 PTS

Despite warnings that they were voting for Ellis Villa over Aston Villa and concerns that power and money were at the root of his ambitions rather than the love and best interests of Aston Villa, Herbert Douglas Ellis, is re-elected as Chairman.

On the pitch Villa score against the run of play in a first half where complacency and error led to some of the worst football produced by the side under Vic Crowe. The second 45’ brought improvement, and another goal but despite climbing back to second this was Villa’s least convincing win of the season, indeed it was just as unconvincing as the calls for unity from the rogue Chairman.

Aston Villa

2-0

Sunderland

Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 24' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 27 September 1972

⚽ | 24’ Goal, 1-0, Alun Evans, Assist by Ray Graydon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ray Graydon, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 2-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Sunderland

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa make it six wins, two draws and a defeat in the League so far this season to sit second in Division Two (Played 9, Points 14) behind leaders Sheffield Wednesday (Played 11, Points 15) with two games in hand.

Aston Villa

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

Sunderland

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1936-37

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #139
Wednesday, 27 September 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 139 | 🟩 | 72 🟨 | 33 🟥 34 | 1.79

Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Arthur Jones

CARDS

Villa

None

Sunderland

None

TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.60 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.58 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.73 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Sunderland

GK Jim Montgomery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Malone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jack Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Keith Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Micky Horswill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Porterfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Bobby Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Lathan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Ian Porterfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Jimmy Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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

Injury | 2 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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