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Game #3180

Aston Villa

27-5-7, 59 PTS

Saturday, 8 April 1972

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

York City

11-10-20, 32 PTS

Bootham Crescent

Attendance: 9,620

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

York City

0-1

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Aston Villa

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🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 April 1972

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | HT York City 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT York City 0-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 April 1972

  • Villa face York City for the first time in competitive football, York become the 107th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa make it four successive victories again to record twenty seven wins, five draws and seven defeats in 39 division three games so far this campaign. As a result, Villa remained well in control of the destiny of the third division title (played 39, points 59) with five point leads over Bournemouth (played 40, points 54) and Brighton (played 39, points 54).

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

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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

York City

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

Aston Villa

York City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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York City

Previous 5 vs. York: 🟩

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #120 |
Saturday, 8 April 1972

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🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 120 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 | 30 🟥 31 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 October 1969, Villa 0-4 Cardiff, Ninian Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Bruce Rioch replaces Geoff Vowden as Vic Crowe reverts to the line up used in seven of the last eight games.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.55 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.10 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 24.61 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tom Johnston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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York City

GK Graeme Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Mackin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Pat Lally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Chris Topping | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Phil Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Swallow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Rowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Laurie Calloway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Wann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Pollard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Paul Almson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Mike De Placido | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

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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

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

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

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

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