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Game #3212

Aston Villa

9-6-5, 24 PTS

Saturday, 2 December 1972

Won

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Attendance: 21,213

Hull City

Villa Park

6-6-8, 18 PTS

Aston Villa

2-0

Hull City

Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 75' |

MATCH SUMMARY

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.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 December 1972

⚽ | 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

ON THIS DAY

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.

Aston Villa

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

Hull City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Hull City

Previous 5 vs. Hull: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1968-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 152 | 🟩 | 75 🟨 | 38 🟥 39 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1968-1981 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards:

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Hull City

None

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 |

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

Terry Neill | 🇬🇧 |

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Hull City

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Malcolm Lord | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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