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Game #3202

Aston Villa

7-2-2, 16 PTS

Saturday, 7 October 1972

Fulham

2-0

Aston Villa

Division Two

Fulham

4-4-3, 12 PTS

Craven Cottage

Attendance: 17,576

Lost

3rd (-2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa drop to third in the table but retain their games in hand on the teams around them as they suffer their second League defeat of the season. Villa are once again accused of complacency and a lack of effort, this time at Craven Cottage, as the referee allows a retaken free kick to put Villa behind in the second minute as a late bombardment is not enough to prevent a second defeat in twelve games.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 October 1972

🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Alan Mullery
🕒 | HT Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 0-2, (Fulham), Mitchell
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Andy Lochhead, Sub on, Keith Leonard 🟢
🕒 | FT Fulham 2-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the first time in ten games and fail to score for the first time this season in League and Cup football to make it seven wins, two draws and two defeats in the League so far this season. Meanwhile, Keith Leonard made his Villa debut aged 21 after moving from Highgate United in March 1972.

Aston Villa

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

Fulham

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Fulham

Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #142 |
Saturday, 7 October 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1964-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 142 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 | 34 🟥 35 | 1.78

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1964-1976
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 18 March 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park. 🆘
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.33 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.60 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.75 |

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 Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Alec Stock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Fulham

GK Peter Mellor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Cutbush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Went | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
LB Fred Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Les Strong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Mullery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Barry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 64' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Stan Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟢 F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

“I don’t like to think so but it seems our League Cup match with Leeds took more out of us than I thought. “[Keith] Leonard did well in his first taste of League football, but [Andy] Lochhead will be back on Wednesday for our replay.” Vic Crowe.

MATCH REPORT

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