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Game #3218

Aston Villa

Saturday, 13 January 1973

Everton

3-2

Aston Villa

FA Cup

Everton

Goodison Park

Attendance: 42,222

Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Assist(s) | Alun Evans | 28' | Geoff Vowden | 78' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Following the criticism of the chastening defeat to second division leaders Burnley last time out, Vic Crowe rings the changes for the FA Cup tie with first division Everton. Jimmy Brown and Brian Little, teenagers both, shine, but Villa are beaten as the oft fallible Jimmy Cumbes errs again.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 13 January 1973

🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Rod Belfitt
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-1, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Alun Evans
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 1-2, (Everton), Mick Buckley
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 1-3, (Everton), Joe Harper
🕒 | HT Everton 3-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Ray Graydon, Sub on, Willie Anderson 🔴
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 2-3, Alun Evans, Assist by Geoff Vowden
🕒 | FT Everton 3-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa lose out to top flight side Everton in the third round of the FA Cup. Meanwhile, Willie Anderson made his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Cardiff City for a fee of £60,000 in February 1973. Willie had played for Villa between 1966-67 and 1972-73 making 266 appearances and scoring 44 goals after arriving from Manchester United for £20,000 aged 20 in January 1967.

Aston Villa

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

Everton

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1969-70

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Everton

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #158 |
Saturday, 13 January 1973

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ray Tinkler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Boston, 1961-1976 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 158 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 | 41 🟥 41 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ray Tinkler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Boston, 1961-1976 🆘
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 19 April 1972, Villa 4-0 Chesterfield, Saltergate.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Jimmy Brown, Geoff Vowden and Brian Little replace Fred Turnbull, Pat McMahon and Andy Lochhead.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.32 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.74 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.15 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Harry Catterick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

GK David Lawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tommy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Hurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roger Kenyon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
LB Archie Styles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Bernard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Howard Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Connolly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Rod Belfitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | for W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Roger Kenyon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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 | 2 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🔴 M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-73 | 🕒 266 | 264 (2) | ⚽ 44 | 🔥 52 | 🇺 1 | #518 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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