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Game #3211

Aston Villa

8-6-5, 22 PTS

Saturday, 25 November 1972

Oxford United

2-0

Aston Villa

Division Two

Oxford United

9-2-8, 20 PTS

Manor Ground

Attendance: 13,412

Lost

4th= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Assist(s) | None

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.

KEY MAN

Vic Crowe, successive defeats and no win in six for Villa, Saturday, 25 November 1972.

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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

ON THIS DAY

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.

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: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Oxford United

Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 151 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 38 🟥 39 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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:

CARDS

None

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None

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ken Skeen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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

“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

MATCH REPORT

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