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Game #3207

Aston Villa

8-4-3, 20 PTS

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Saturday, 28 October 1972

2nd= (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

None

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

Matchday Squad:

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

Chris Nicholl and Brian Little replace Neil Rioch and Ray Graydon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.49 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.53 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.81 |

  • Villa move into joint second place with QPR, two points behind leaders Burnley, despite being held at home by Boro as they cannot break down another ultra defensive visitor to Villa Park.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa make it eight wins, four draws and three defeats in fifteen League games and sit third in Division Two (Played 15, Points 20), two points off leaders Burnley (Played 15, Points 22).

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Drew

1-1

🟨 28 Oct 1972, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Geoff Vowden | 11' |

Assist(s) | Chris Nicholl | 11' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Chris Nicholl
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 1-1, (Middlesbrough), David Armstrong
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #147 |
Saturday, 28 October 1972

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1967-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1967-1978

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 147 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 36 🟥 37 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
49
🟩
32
🟨
0
49
🟨
9
🟥
0
0
🟥
8
1
🥅
27
30
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
514
🟩
201
🟨
5
513
🟨
109
🟥
0
10
🟥
204
21
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
37
🟩
22
🟨
1
37
🟨
8
🟥
0
1
🟥
7
0
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
33
🟩
19
🟨
1
33
🟨
7
🟥
0
1
🟥
7
1
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
157
🟩
63
🟨
2
156
🟨
49
🟥
0
3
🟥
45
1
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
134
🟩
58
🟨
7
129
🟨
31
🟥
0
27
🟥
45
18
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
4
🟩
3
🟨
0
2
🟨
1
🟥
0
1
🟥
0
2
CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
75
🟩
39
🟨
0
71
🟨
17
🟥
0
20
🟥
19
7
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
🟨
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🟥
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Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
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🟥
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Player Profile
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
15
🟩
7
🟨
1
15
🟨
5
🟥
0
0
🟥
3
0
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
262
🟩
101
🟨
2
261
🟨
64
🟥
0
44
🟥
97
53
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
18
🟩
9
🟨
1
11
🟨
5
🟥
0
5
🟥
4
4
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division Two

Middlesbrough

6-5-4, 17 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 30,345

GK Jim Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Gordon Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Frank Spraggon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Willie Maddren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Nobby Stiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Hickton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Stan Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

M Eric McMordie | 🇬🇧 |

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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