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Game #3179

Aston Villa

26-5-7, 57 PTS

Monday, 3 April 1972

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Bristol Rovers

16-12-10, 44 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,518

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

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Bristol Rovers

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Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 26' | Willie Anderson | 58' |

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 3 April 1972

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Ray Graydon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Bristol Rovers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 3 April 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa make it three successive victories again to record twenty six wins, five draws and seven defeats in 38 division three games so far this campaign. As a result, Villa (played 38, points 57) opened up a six point lead over second placed Bournemouth (played 38, points 51) and a seven point gap to third place Brighton and Hove Albion (played 37, points 50).

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, 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

Bristol Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Bristol Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Bristol Rovers: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #119 |
Monday, 3 April 1972

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🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
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

🕒 119 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 | 30 🟥 31 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Geoff Vowden replaces Bruce Rioch in Vic Crowe's first change to the line up in seven matches.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.11 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.09 |

Youngest Player |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.72 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, 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 Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Dodgin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol Rovers

GK Richard Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Phil Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Lindsay Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frankie Prince | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Wayne Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bryn Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Kenny Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Mike Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bruce Bannister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Kenny Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (FB Tom Stanton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, 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

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, 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

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Suspension | 1 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

"I am confident that we will win promotion. “I have believed all along that man for man we are the best side in the Third Division. "But we still have eight games to play and nothing is certain in football although our performances over Easter should see us through." Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 3 Apr 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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