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Game #3173

Aston Villa

23-3-6, 49 PTS

Saturday, 11 March 1972

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Rotherham United

14-9-7, 37 PTS

Millmoor

Attendance: 16,290

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

Rotherham United

0-2

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Aston Villa

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🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 March 1972

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Chris Nicholl
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Willie Anderson
⚽ | 33’ Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon
🕒 | HT Rotherham United 0-2 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Rotherham United 0-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 11 March 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa make it thirteen wins in fifteen and twenty three wins, three draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. Villa (played 32, points 49) now have a game in hand over second placed Bournemouth (played 33, points 48) and third placed Brighton and Hove Albion (played 32, points 45). Meanwhile, centre back Chris Nicholl made his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Luton Town earlier this week for a fee of £75,000. Nicholl joined fellow new boys Ian Ross and Jim Cumbes in a new look defence ready for the second division.

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Rotherham United

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

Aston Villa

Rotherham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Rotherham United

Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #113 |
Saturday, 11 March 1972

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🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 113 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 | 28 🟥 30 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 21 August 1971, Villa 1-1 Walsall, Fellows Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Chris Nicholl replaces George Curtis.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.47 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.03 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 24.53 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🟢 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jimmy McAnearney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Rotherham United

GK Roy Tunks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Billy Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ray Mielczarek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Trevor Swift | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Eustace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Mullen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Bobby Ham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Carl Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Eddie Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Player Positions:

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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

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Match Symbols:

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⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

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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

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

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

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I have seen very few second division sides this season play such powerful, intelligent and confident football [as Villa].” Chris Nicholl.
Quotes

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

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