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Game #3201

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 4 October 1972

Drew

4th Round

WDWWD

League Cup 4th Round

Attendance: 46,815

Leeds United

Villa Park

Leeds use all their petty and unnecessary ‘professionalism’ but second division Villa out play and out class the first division team and are unlucky to not beat Don Revie’s side in the fourth round of the League Cup.

Aston Villa

1-1

Leeds United

Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 68' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 4 October 1972

5’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Jack Charlton
HT Aston Villa 0-1 Leeds United
68’ Goal, 1-1, Bruce Rioch, Assist by Chico Hamilton
FT Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa hold division one side Leeds to a creditable draw in the League Cup fourth round ahead of an Elland Road replay.

Aston Villa

Leeds United

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #141 |
Wednesday, 4 October 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Tony Oliver, Leigh on Sea |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | WDWWD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tony Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chelmsford, 1968-1974
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards:

CARDS

Villa

None

Leeds United

🟨 🟨

Tony Oliver

TEAM NEWS

Charlie Aitken replaces Fred Turnbull.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.32 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 31.59 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 18.75 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes |
RB John Gidman |
CB Chris Nicholl |
CB Ian Ross |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Chico Hamilton |
M Pat McMahon |
M Bruce Rioch |
F Geoff Vowden |
F Alun Evans |
CF Andy Lochhead |

Leeds United

Harvey, Madeley, Cherry, Bremner, Charlton (g), Hunter, Lorimer, Clarke, Jones, Bates, Yorath.

Manager: Don Revie.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Brian Little |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Mick Wright
Willie Anderson
Ray Graydon

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*
Thursday, 5 October 1972