Game #3211

Aston Villa

8-6-5, 22 PTS

Saturday, 25 November 1972

Lost

4th= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Oxford United

9-2-8, 20 PTS

Manor Ground

Attendance: 13,412

Oxford United

2-0

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 November 1972

🥅 | 28’ Goal, 0-1, (Oxford United), Hugh Curran
🕒 | HT Oxford United 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 0-2, (Oxford United), Geoff Bray
🕒 | FT Oxford United 2-0 Aston Villa

Not recorded

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 25 November 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the second game in succession and fail to score for the third successive match as they make it eight wins, seven draws and four defeats in nineteen League games.

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 2 December 1972, Villa 2-0 Hull, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

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

Oxford United

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

Aston Villa

Oxford United

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Oxford United

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

Oxford United

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟨 31 March 1970, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

Oxford United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 31 March 1973, Villa 2-1 Oxford, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #151 |
Saturday, 25 November 1972

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wrexham, 1971-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 151 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 38 🟥 39 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wrexham, 1971-1976
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

John Williams

CARDS

None

TEAM NEWS

Pat McMahon replaces Willie Anderson.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.43 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.74 |

Youngest Player |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.17 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gerry Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Oxford United

GK Roy Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Shuker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Aylott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Evanson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Fleming | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Hugh Curran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Bray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Derek Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Ken Skeen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

	Game	Start	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red
GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

	Game	Sub	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red

UNUSED

	Unused

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Media & Commentary

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

EXTERNAL MATCH REPORT LINKS

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AVFC HISTORY MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose at the Manor Ground amid sensationalist headlines to remain joint fourth but they are now joined by Preston as well as Luton, one point of third and three points off the second promotion place held by QPR. Burnley sit five clear at the top, all having played 19 games.

MATCH QUOTES

“Villa fans got into the London Road stand firs, and shortly before the kick off Oxford supporters tried to push them out and succeeded. “Everyone was pushing agains a wall and the crush barriers. “The wall and barriers held, but hundreds of fans decided that it might be safer out on the pitch.” Supt, James Hipgrave, Cowley Police “WIN RUINED BY A RIOT” The Sunday People

ORIGINAL MATCH REPORT

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Game #3211

Aston Villa

Saturday, 25 November 1972

Lost

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Oxford United

Manor Ground

Oxford United

2-0

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | None

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 November 1972

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 25 November 1972

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

Aston Villa

Oxford United

Aston Villa

Oxford United

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Oxford United

Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

Oxford United

PREVIOUS MATCH

Oxford United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

MATCH SUMMARY

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 151 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 38 🟥 39 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

MANAGER

Aston Villa

MANAGER

Oxford United

SUBSTITUTES

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED

SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

UNAVAILABLE

Media & Commentary

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

EXTERNAL MATCH REPORT LINKS

AVFC HISTORY MATCH SUMMARY

MATCH QUOTES

ORIGINAL MATCH REPORT

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