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Game #3175

Aston Villa

23-5-6, 51 PTS

Saturday, 18 March 1972

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Drew

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division Three

Walsall

9-12-13, 30 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 45,953

🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-0

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Walsall

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 March 1972

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Walsall
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Walsall

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

🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 March 1972
  • Villa are held for the second successive game but Bournemouth, Brighton and Notts County are all beaten to leave Vic Crowe’s side two points clear at the top, two ahead of Bournemouth having played a game less, six points ahead of Brighton, and eight ahead of County.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa draw successive League games for the first time this season and have now failed to beat neighbours Walsall both home and away this season and make it twenty three wins, five draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. Despite dropping points for a second consecutive game, Villa's position in the table strengthens as the teams around them lose. Villa, with one defeat in the last twenty games, (played 34, points 51) remained ahead of Bournemouth (played 35, points 49) and their next opponents Brighton and Hove Albion (played 34, points 45).

🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Walsall

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Walsall
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Previous 5 vs. Walsall: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

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

Walsall

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Walsall

SUBSEQUENT MATCH
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🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #115 |
Saturday, 18 March 1972

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🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1969-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 115 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 | 30 🟥 30 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1969-1976

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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🆘 Bewildering and frustrating decisions met with jeers

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names the same line up for the third successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.49 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.05 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 24.55 |

Referee

🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

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

Bill Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Walsall

GK Bob Wesson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Frank Gregg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stan Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stan Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Micky Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Colin Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Geoff Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
F Bobby Shinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Chris Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Penman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Geoff Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Colin Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, 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

🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 18 Mar 1972, Villa 0-0 Walsall, Villa Park

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