Game #3219
Aston Villa
11-9-6, 31 PTS
Saturday, 20 January 1973
Won
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 12,212
Brighton & Hove Albion
Goldstone Ground
2-9-16, 13 PTS
Brighton & Hove Albion
1-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 9' | Geoff Vowden | 75' | Alun Evans | 84' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa win for the first time in five League games to sit third in the table, three points off second placed QPR and six off leaders Burnley with sixteen games left to play.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 January 1973
⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Alun Evans, Assist by Ray Graydon
🟨 | 23’ Booking, Jim Cumbes, Timewasting
🕒 | HT Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 1-1, (Brighton & Hove Albion), John Robson o.g.
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 2-1, Ray Graydon, Assist by Geoff Vowden
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 3-1, Jimmy Brown, Assist by Alun Evans
🕒 | FT Brighton & Hove Albion 1-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa win for the first time in six to make it eleven wins, ten draws and five defeats in twenty six League games.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Brighton & Hove Albion
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Brighton & Hove Albion
Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #159 |
Saturday, 20 January 1973
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴 | Essex, 1968-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 159 | 🟩 | 77 🟨 | 41 🟥 41 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴 | Essex, 1968-1983
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Brighton & Hove Albion
None
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |
Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | 31.76 |
Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 19.17 |
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
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
Pat Saward (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
Brighton & Hove Albion
GK Brian Powney | 🏴 |
RB John Templeman | 🏴 |
RB Graham Howell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ian Goodwin | 🏴 |
CB Steve Piper | 🏴 |
LB George Ley | 🏴 |
LB Eddie Spearitt | 🏴 |
M Brian Bromley | 🏴 |
W Peter O'Sullivan | 🏴 |
F Barry Bridges | 🏴 |
F Ken Beamish | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Graham Howell | 🏴 | (W Bert Murray | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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