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Game #3212

Aston Villa

9-6-5, 24 PTS

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Saturday, 2 December 1972

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Unavailable

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

Team News

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.45 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.76 |

Youngest Player |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.19 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-0

🟩 2 Dec 1972, Villa 2-0 Hull, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 2' (pen) | Chico Hamilton | 75' |

Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 75' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, pen
🔁 | 29’ Sub off, Geoff Vowden, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Hull City
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 2-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Hull City

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #152 |
Saturday, 2 December 1972

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1968-1980
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1968-1980
Linesmen: C. F. Attwell (Northampton); D. H. Lea (Hornchurch)

Previous 5 vs. Hull: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 13 | 🟩 W6 (46% ) | 🟨 D3 | 🇺(69% ) | 🟥 L4 (31% ) | ⚽ 20 | 🥅 16 | GD 4

Match Stats

Not recorded

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 152 | 🟩 | 75 🟨 | 38 🟥 39 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division Two

Hull City

6-6-8, 18 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 21,213

GK Jeff Wealands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Frank Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Neill | 🇬🇧 |
FB Don Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ken Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy McGill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ian Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Holme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Ken Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Stuart Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Kaye | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Terry Neill | 🇬🇧 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Malcolm Lord | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

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

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Jeff Wealands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Terry Neill | 🇬🇧 |

Full Backs
RB Frank Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Don Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Ken Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy McGill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Malcolm Lord | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Ian Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Phil Holme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Ken Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Stuart Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Kaye | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

54

54

🔥

0

1

🟩

33

🟨

11

🟥

10

29

🥅

36

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

519

518

🔥

10

21

🟩

202

🟨

111

🟥

206

CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

42

42

🔥

1

0

🟩

23

🟨

10

🟥

9

CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

38

38

🔥

1

1

🟩

20

🟨

9

🟥

9

CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

162

161

🔥

3

1

🟩

64

🟨

51

🟥

47

M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

109

101

🔥

22

7

🟩

50

🟨

26

🟥

33

M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

139

134

🔥

28

19

🟩

59

🟨

33

🟥

47

W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

72

71

🔥

19

13

🟩

45

🟨

11

🟥

16

F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

23

16

🔥

5

4

🟩

10

🟨

7

🟥

6

CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

137

135

🔥

40

19

🟩

71

🟨

32

🟥

34

CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

80

76

🔥

20

7

🟩

40

🟨

19

🟥

21

Substitutes
None
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

121

🔁

12

🔥

25

25

Sub 1

🟩

54

🟨

33

🟥

34

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa win for the first time in six League games to remain fourth in the table, two points off the second promotion spot and five off leaders Burnley.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa score for the first time in four games and win for the first time in six as they make it nine wins, seven draws and four defeats in twenty League games to leave them fourth in Division Two.

What they Said

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