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Game #3190

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 16 August 1972

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Hereford United

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,314

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

4-1

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Hereford United

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Assist(s) | Pat McMahon | 46' | Alun Evans | 71' | Willie Anderson | 88' |

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 16 August 1972

🟨 | 21’ Booking, Willie Anderson, Tackle from behind
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 1-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Hereford United
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Pat McMahon
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Andy Lochhead, Sub on, Alun Evans
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 3-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Alun Evans
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 3-1, (Hereford United), George Johnston
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 4-1, Alun Evans, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Hereford United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 16 August 1972

  • Villa face Hereford United for the first time in competitive football, Hereford become the 108th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa beat division four side Hereford in the League Cup first round.

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, 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

Hereford United

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

Aston Villa

Hereford United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Hereford United

Previous 5 vs. Hereford: None

Hereford United

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Hereford United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #130 |
Wednesday, 16 August 1972

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🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Roy Capey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1967-1977
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
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

🕒 130 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 31 🟥 33 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Roy Capey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1967-1977
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.39 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.46 |

Youngest Player |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 24.96 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Colin Addison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Hereford United

GK Fred Potter (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ken Mallender | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Naylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Mick McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Billy Tucker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Radford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Kenny Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Clive Slattery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ivan Hollett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | for CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 69’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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CF Ivan Hollett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F George Johnston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, 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

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, 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

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 16 August 1972, Villa 4-1 Hereford, Villa Park.

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