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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 Dec 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 Dec 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

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 27 Dec 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 27 December 1971
  • Villa make it six wins in seven unbeaten League games to climb to joint second in the table alongside long time leaders Bournemouth, who are beaten at Brighton, and just a point off Notts County, who are held at Wrexham.

  • 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 Dec 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

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: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Swansea City
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Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 27 Dec 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 Dec 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
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 102 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 27 🟥 29 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 27 Dec 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 George Curtis

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 27 Dec 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

🟩 27 Dec 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 Dec 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 27 Dec 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

Squad Bios

🟩 27 Dec 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 Dec 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 27 Dec 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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None

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Not Reported

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 27 Dec 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 27 Dec 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 27 Dec 1971, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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