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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

Villa

None

Burnley

None

Ralph Lee

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

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PROGRAMME

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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