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Game #3181

Aston Villa

28-5-7, 61 PTS

Monday, 10 April 1972

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Oldham Athletic

16-9-15, 41 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,140

🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Oldham Athletic

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🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 10 April 1972

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Oldham Athletic
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Pat McMahon, Sub on, Geoff Vowden
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Oldham Athletic

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 10 April 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa make it five successive victories for the third time since November (this time in just 11 days) courtesy of Ray Graydon's goal 13 seconds before full time. As a result, Villa make it twenty eight wins, five draws and seven defeats in 40 division three games so far this campaign. In doing so Villa (played 40, points 61) have set a record points haul (61) and win total (28) to put them seven points clear of Bournemouth (played 40, points 54) and Brighton and Hove Albion (played 39, points 54).

🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, 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

Oldham Athletic

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

Aston Villa

Oldham Athletic

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Oldham Athletic

Previous 5 vs. Oldham: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #121 |
Monday, 10 April 1972

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🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth, 1966-1973
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 121 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 30 🟥 31 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth, 1966-1973
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 30 October 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names the same line up used in eight of the last nine games.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.56 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.11 |

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

Referee
Manager

🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Frizzell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Oldham Athletic

GK Harry Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Mulvaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Cranston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Maurice Whittle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jim Bowie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Don Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Keith Bebbington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Robins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 61' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Kevin Crumblehulme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, 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

🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, 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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🟩 10 April 1972, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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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

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