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Game #3217

Aston Villa

10-9-6, 29 PTS

Saturday, 6 January 1973

Aston Villa

0-3

Burnley

Division Two

Burnley

13-11-1, 37 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 38,637

Lost

3rd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose to leaders Burnley to leave them eight points off the top, joint third with Blackpool and Oxford and four points off the second and final promotion place. The defeat, the biggest at home since Vic Crowe became manager, and the patience of the crowd wears thin.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 6 January 1973

🥅 | 7’ Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), Keith Newton
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-2, (Burnley), Geoff Nulty
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Burnley
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 0-3, (Burnley), Billy Ingham
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Burnley

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the first time in six games and sit in joint third place 8 points off the leaders having been in patchy form over recent months. Villa had played 25, won 10, drawn 9 and lost 6, during which time they had scored just 27 goals and conceded 26 to leave them on 29 points with a game in hand over fellow third place teams Oxford United and Blackpool.

Aston Villa

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

Burnley

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Burnley

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #157 |
Saturday, 6 January 1973

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ralph Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheadle, 1970-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 157 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 | 41 🟥 40 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ralph Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheadle, 1970-1976
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

Vic Crowe names the same line up for a fourth successive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.71 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.85 |

Youngest Player |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.50 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Burnley

GK Alan Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Colin Waldron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Martin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geoff Nulty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Billy Ingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Leighton James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Frank Casper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Ray Hankin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 | 4 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

"I shall not criticise the crowd. When you get 38,000 coming to a game and watching a poor performance, they are entitled to criticise "This is something I have learned to accept, and so must the players. “Our supporters have been patient for a long time and they must have been terribly disappointed today." Vic Crowe.

MATCH REPORT

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