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Game #3195

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 5 September 1972

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Nottingham Forest

City Ground

Attendance: 17,665

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

Nottingham Forest

0-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 13' |

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 5 September 1972

⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Alun Evans, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, John Gidman, Kicking the ball away
🟨 | Booking, Alun Evans, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 5 September 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa beat division two rivals Forest to progress to the fourth round of the League Cup.

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

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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

Nottingham Forest

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #135 |
Tuesday, 5 September 1972

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🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1968-1979
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 135 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 32 🟥 34 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1968-1979
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 1 April 1972, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

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None

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alun Evans makes his first start for Villa as he replaces Andy Lochhead.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.00 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.38 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.67 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Matt Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Jim Barron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Hindley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Serella | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Cottam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Gemmell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Doug Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M George Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
W Jim McIntosh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Barry Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Duncan McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Jim McIntosh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (F Alan Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

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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

🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

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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