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Game #3204

Aston Villa

7-2-3, 16 PTS

Saturday, 14 October 1972

Aston Villa

0-1

Queens Park Rangers

Division Two

Queens Park Rangers

5-6-1, 16 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,045

Lost

3rd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

QPR join Villa and Luton in joint third place as Villa lose successive League games and three in all competitions. Worse still, Villa lose their unbeaten home record that was the best in all four divisions until Rangers’ visit.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 October 1972

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Queens Park Rangers
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Andy Lochhead, Sub on, Keith Leonard
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Gerry Francis
🟨 | 65' Booking, Ray Graydon, Tackle
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Queens Park Rangers

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa lose successive League games for the first time this season to make it seven wins, two draws and three defeats in twelve matches. As a result Villa fell back to fourth in Division Two.

Aston Villa

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

Queens Park Rangers

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Queens Park Rangers

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #144 |
Saturday, 14 October 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Kenneth Sweet | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Aberdare, 1970-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 144 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 | 34 🟥 37 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Kenneth Sweet | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Aberdare, 1970-1973
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 November 1970, Villa 2-0 Fulham, Craven Cottage.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Willie Anderson and Ray Graydon replace Chico Hamilton and Pat McMahon.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.52 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.62 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.77 |

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 Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Gordon Jago | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Queens Park Rangers

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dave Clement | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Hazell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Venables | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martyn Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mick Leach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Bowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Don Givens | 🇮🇪 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Andy McCulloch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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