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Game #3197

Aston Villa

5-1-1, 11 PTS

Saturday, 16 September 1972

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Won

1st= (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Swindon Town

2-2-4, 6 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,865

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

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Swindon Town

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Assist(s) | Geoff Vowden | 65' | Bruce Rioch | 69' |

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 September 1972

🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-1, (Swindon Town), Don Rogers
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Swindon Town
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, Alun Evans
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 1-1, Alun Evans, Assist by Geoff Vowden
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 2-1, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Swindon Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 16 September 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa make it five wins, one draw and a defeat in the League so far this season and seven games into their comeback season in Division Two, Villa sat joint first alongside Sheffield Wednesday having played a game less.

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, 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

Swindon Town

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1968-69

Aston Villa

Swindon Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Swindon Town

Previous 5 vs. Swindon: 🟥 🟨

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #137 |
Saturday, 16 September 1972

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🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Bob Raby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1970-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 137 | 🟩 | 71 🟨 | 32 🟥 34 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Bob Raby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1970-1974
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 24 October 1970, Villa 1-0 Tranmere, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟨 🟨

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.81 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.55 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.70 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

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

MANAGER

Dave Mackay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Swindon Town

GK Peter Downsborough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Rod Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Joe Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Frank Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ron Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Trollope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Peplow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Hubbard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Don Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ray Treacy | 🇮🇪 |
F Peter Noble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Joe Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Ray Bunkell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, 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 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, 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 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 16 September 1972, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park.

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