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Game #3174

Aston Villa

23-4-6, 50 PTS

Wednesday, 15 March 1972

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Drew

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division Three

Shrewsbury Town

12-7-14, 31 PTS

Gay Meadow

Attendance: 15,730

🟨 15 Mar 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow

Shrewsbury Town

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 62' |

🟨 15 Mar 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 15 March 1972

🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Shrewsbury Town), Ricky Moir
🕒 | HT Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 1-1, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Aston Villa

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

🟨 15 Mar 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 15 March 1972

  • Villa are held at Shrewsbury as Vic Crowe’s side hit the 50 point mark after 33 games with Bournemouth, who have played a game more, one point behind, with Brighton five points off top having played the same amount of games as Villa.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa fail to win for only the third time in eighteen League games (two draws and a defeat) to make it twenty three wins, four draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result, Villa (played 33, points 50) remained top of the table ahead of Bournemouth (played 34, points 49) who also drew their latest match and Brighton and Hove Albion (played 33, points 45).

🟨 15 Mar 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow

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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

Shrewsbury Town

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Shrewsbury Town

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Previous 5 vs. Shrewsbury: 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🟨 15 Mar 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #114 |
Wednesday, 15 March 1972

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🟨 15 Mar 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Mike Kerkhof | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bicester, 1968-1974
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 114 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 | 29 🟥 30 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Kerkhof | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bicester, 1968-1974 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 2
🆘 Thought the game was being played on an assault course.
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 October 1971, Villa 0-3 Bournemouth, Dean Court.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟨 15 Mar 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.04 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 24.54 |

Referee

🟨 15 Mar 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow

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

Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |

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Shrewsbury Town

GK Ken Mulhearn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Tony Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Bevan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Geoff Fellows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Moir | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Dave Roberts (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jim McLaughlin | 🇬🇧 |
W Alan Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Ricky Moir | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟨 15 Mar 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 15 Mar 1972, Villa 1-1 Shrewsbury, Gay Meadow

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