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Game #3222

Saturday, 17 February 1973

Attendance: 27,717

Drew

Division Two

3rd (-)

Preston North End

LWWWD

Villa Park

Villa make it four unbeaten in the League but are held at home by a defensive Preston to leave them third but five points behind second placed QPR.

Aston Villa

1-1

Preston North End

Assist(s) | Not recorded |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

19’ Goal, 1-0, Charlie Aitken
25’ Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End), Alec Bruce
HT Aston Villa 1-1 Preston North End
FT Aston Villa 1-1 Preston North End

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa make it four games unbeaten but can only draw at home to Preston to make it thirteen wins, eleven draws and five defeats in twenty nine League games.

Aston Villa

Preston North End

FIXTURE HISTORY

Preston North End

Previous 5 vs. Preston: | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #162 |
Saturday, 17 February 1973

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Iorwerth Jones, Treharris |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | LWWWD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Trelewis, 1966-1975
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Preston North End

None

Iorwerth Jones

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.42 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 31.83 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 19.24 |

MANAGER

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 |

Preston North End

Brown, Hawkins, McNab, Bird, Spark, Lamb, Clark, Wilson, McIlmoyle, Connor, Bruce (g).

Manager: Frank Lord.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Chico Hamilton |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Mick Wright
John Gidman

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

"Our home form could cost us promotion.”

Ron Wylie.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 19 February 1973