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Game #3189

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 12 August 1972

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Won

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Preston North End

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Deepdale

Attendance: 17,371

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

Preston North End

0-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 84' |

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 August 1972

💥 | 2' Preston goal disallowed for offside
🕒 | HT Preston North End 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 72' Booking, Willie Anderson, Trip
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 1-0, Willie Anderson, Assist by Ray Graydon
🟨 | 85' Booking, Andy Lochhead, Trip
🕒 | FT Preston North End 0-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 12 August 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa open their division two campaign with a win over Bristol City as Willie Anderson hits a late winner.

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

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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

Preston North End

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38

Aston Villa

Preston North End

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Preston North End

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #129 |
Saturday, 12 August 1972

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🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Harry New | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1960-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
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

🕒 129 | 🟩 | 65 🟨 | 31 🟥 33 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Harry New | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1960-1975
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 1 March 1969, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

None

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.38 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.45 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 24.95 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Preston North End

GK Alan Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
RB John McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Bird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Graham Hawkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jimmy McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB David Connor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Heppolette | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Lamb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Hughie McIlmoyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Neil Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Alex Spark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

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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

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

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MATCH QUOTES

"The board-room troubles were, as far as the players are concerned, a side issue, but they were bound to be nervous, and so was I. about how we would go." Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟩 12 August 1972, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale.

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MATCH REPORTS

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