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Game #3163

Aston Villa

15-2-5, 32 PTS

Saturday, 1 January 1972

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Won

2nd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Halifax Town

6-6-10, 18 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,749

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Halifax Town

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Assist(s) | Andy Lochhead | 46' |

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 1 January 1972

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Halifax Town
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Geoff Vowden, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Halifax Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 1 January 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa open 1972 with a fifth successive victory for the first time since the 1968-69 season and make it fifteen wins, two draws and five defeats in division three so far this campaign.

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

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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

Halifax Town

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

Aston Villa

Halifax Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Halifax Town

Previous 5 vs. Halifax: 🟥 🟨 🟩

Halifax Town

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Halifax Town

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Saturday, 1 January 1972

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🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 103 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 27 🟥 29 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.75 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.68 |

Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 18.25 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

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

Ray Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Halifax Town

GK Alex Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Andy Burgin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Rhodes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jeff Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bob Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lammie Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Fred Kemp | 🇮🇹 |
M Dave Verity | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dave Chadwick | 🇮🇳 |
F Terry Shanahan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Bill Atkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

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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

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 1 January 1972, Villa 1-0 Halifax, Villa Park.

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