Game #3173

Aston Villa

23-3-6, 49 PTS

Saturday, 11 March 1972

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

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 25' | Ray Graydon | 33' |

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 25' |

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

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 March 1972

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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

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.

DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 4 March 1972, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 15 March 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow.

Aston Villa

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

Rotherham United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Rotherham United

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Rotherham United

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 9 October 1971, Villa 1-2 Rotherham, Villa Park.

Rotherham United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 28 August 2013, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 113 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 | 28 🟥 30 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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 LED BY:

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

John Homewood

CARDS

None

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

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

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

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

RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

UNAVAILABLE

None

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

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

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.

MATCH REPORTS

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

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