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Game #3166

Aston Villa

17-2-6, 36 PTS

Saturday, 22 January 1972

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Won

1st (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Barnsley

3-10-12, 16 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,531

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Barnsley

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🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 22 January 1972

⚽ | 43’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Ray Graydon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Barnsley
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Barnsley

🟨 | Booking, Bruce Rioch, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 22 January 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa make it seven wins in eight and seventeen wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result, Villa leapt into top spot in the table, one point ahead of second placed Bournemouth having scored 50, conceded 22 and accumulated 36 points.

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, 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

Barnsley

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1911-12

Aston Villa

Barnsley

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Barnsley

Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Saturday, 22 January 1972

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🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1968-1981 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 106 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 27 🟥 30 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1968-1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Obsession with petty infringements once again impacted the game.
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 15 August 1970, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Bruce Rioch replaces Harry Gregory.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.07 |

Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.74 |

Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.24 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, 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 Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Johnny Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Barnsley

GK Gerry Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Barry Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Eric Winstanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Brian Raggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M George Boardman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Les Lea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Sharp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Jimmy Seal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Jimmy Seal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Willie Waddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, 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

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

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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

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 22 January 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

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