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Game #3217

Aston Villa

10-9-6, 29 PTS

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Saturday, 6 January 1973

3rd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

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

Unused Substitutes:

None

None

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

Matchday Squad:

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

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.71 |

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Lost

0-3

🟥 6 Jan 1973, Villa 0-3 Burnley, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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

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

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ralph Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheadle, 1973-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Referee: Ralph Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheadle, 1973-1975

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 157 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 | 41 🟥 40 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
59
🟩
34
🟨
0
59
🟨
14
🟥
0
0
🟥
11
1
🥅
30
44
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
524
🟩
203
🟨
5
523
🟨
114
🟥
0
10
🟥
207
21
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
47
🟩
24
🟨
1
47
🟨
13
🟥
0
1
🟥
10
0
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
43
🟩
21
🟨
1
43
🟨
12
🟥
0
1
🟥
10
1
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
167
🟩
65
🟨
2
166
🟨
54
🟥
0
3
🟥
48
1
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
114
🟩
51
🟨
1
106
🟨
29
🟥
0
22
🟥
34
7
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
77
🟩
46
🟨
4
76
🟨
14
🟥
0
21
🟥
17
15
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
142
🟩
72
🟨
7
140
🟨
35
🟥
0
41
🟥
35
21
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
4
🟩
0
🟨
1
4
🟨
3
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
144
🟩
60
🟨
7
139
🟨
36
🟥
0
28
🟥
48
20
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
28
🟩
11
🟨
2
21
🟨
10
🟥
0
8
🟥
7
4
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
122
🟩
54
🟨
0
13
🟨
33
🟥
0
25
🟥
35
25
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division Two

Burnley

13-11-1, 37 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 38,637

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Jimmy Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

CF Ray Hankin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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"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.

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