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Game #3223

Aston Villa

13-10-7, 36 PTS

Saturday, 24 February 1973

Leyton Orient

4-0

Aston Villa

Division Two

Leyton Orient

7-11-23, 25 PTS

Brisbane Road

Attendance: 9,085

Lost

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa are hammered by Orient to leave them seven points behind leaders Burnley but still in third place as but for Jimmy Cumbes the defeat could have been significantly worse than the four goal thrashing it already was.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 February 1973

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Orient), Gerry Queen
💥 | 12' Ian Ross leaves field of play with gashed leg
🔁 | 14’ Sub off, Ian Ross, Sub on, Andy Lochhead
🕒 | HT Orient 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 0-2, (Orient), Paul Harris
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-3, (Orient), Barrie Fairbrother
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 0-4, (Orient), Barrie Fairbrother
🟨 | 80' Booking, Bruce Rioch, Foul
🕒 | FT Orient 4-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa recent improvement in form is obliterated as they are hammered by relegation threatened Orient to make it thirteen wins, eleven draws and six defeats in thirty League games.

Aston Villa

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

Leyton Orient

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Leyton Orient

Previous 5 vs. Orient: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #163 |
Saturday, 24 February 1973

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth, 1966-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 163 | 🟩 | 79 🟨 | 42 🟥 42 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth, 1966-1973
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨 Rioch

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None

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TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.44 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.85 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.26 |

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

George Petchey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leyton Orient

GK Ray Goddard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Phil Hoadley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Wall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Brisley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Heppolette | 🇮🇳 |
F Barrie Fairbrother | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gerry Queen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 14' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Mickey Bullock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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