Game #3217
Saturday, 6 January 1973
Attendance: 38,637
Lost
Division Two
3rd= (-)
Burnley
WDDDL
Villa Park
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.
Aston Villa
0-3
Burnley
Assist(s) | None |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
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
Burnley
FIXTURE HISTORY
Burnley
Previous 5 vs. Burnley: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #157 |
Saturday, 6 January 1973
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Ralph Lee, Cheadle |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-3 |
Last 5 Games | WDDDL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ralph Lee | 🏴 | 1970-1976
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
CARDS
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
MANAGER
Vic Crowe
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 |
Burnley
Stevenson, Doherty, Newton (g), Dobson, Waldron, Thomson, Nulty (g), Casper, Fletcher, Ingham (g), James,
Manager: Jimmy Adamson.
SUBSTITUTES
M Chico Hamilton for LB Charlie Aitken | 46' |
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Mick Wright
John Gidman
Willie Anderson
UNAVAILABLE
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY 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.
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 8 January 1973