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Game #3162

Aston Villa

14-2-5, 30 PTS

Monday, 27 December 1971

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Won

2nd= (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Swansea City

12-4-5, 29 PTS

Vetch Field

Attendance: 24,419

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

Swansea City

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 52' | Charlie Aitken | 87' |

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 27 December 1971

🥅 | 37’ Goal, 0-1, (Swansea City), Herbie Williams
🕒 | HT Swansea City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 1-1, Charlie Aitken, Assist by Willie Anderson
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 2-1, Ray Graydon, Assist by Charlie Aitken
🕒 | FT Swansea City 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, George Curtis

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 27 December 1971

Vic Crowe's Villa win four successive games for the first time this season to make it fourteen wins, two draws and five defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result, Villa jump to second in the Division Three table, one point behind leaders Notts County.

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Swansea City

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

Aston Villa

Swansea City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Swansea City

Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #102 |
Monday, 27 December 1971

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🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 102 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 27 🟥 29 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Geoff Vowden replaces Chico Hamilton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.74 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.67 |

Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 18.24 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Roy Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Swansea City

GK Tony Millington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Peter Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glen Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Tony Screen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
WH Barrie Hole (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Geoff Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Dave Gwyther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Beer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Herbie Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Phil Holme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

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

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 27 December 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field.

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