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Game #3202

Aston Villa

7-2-2, 16 PTS

Saturday, 7 October 1972

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Lost

3rd (-2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division Two

Fulham

4-4-3, 12 PTS

Craven Cottage

Attendance: 17,576

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

Fulham

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 October 1972

🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Alan Mullery
🕒 | HT Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 0-2, (Fulham), Mitchell
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Andy Lochhead, Sub on, Keith Leonard 🟢
🕒 | FT Fulham 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 October 1972
  • Villa drop to third in the table but retain their games in hand on the teams around them as they suffer their second League defeat of the season. Villa are once again accused of complacency and a lack of effort, this time at Craven Cottage, as the referee allows a retaken free kick to put Villa behind in the second minute as a late bombardment is not enough to prevent a second defeat in twelve games.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the first time in ten games and fail to score for the first time this season in League and Cup football to make it seven wins, two draws and two defeats in the League so far this season. 

  • Meanwhile, Keith Leonard made his Villa debut aged 21 after moving from Highgate United in March 1972.

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #561 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Fulham

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Fulham
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Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #142 |
Saturday, 7 October 1972

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🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1969-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 142 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 | 34 🟥 35 | 1.78

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1969-1976

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.33 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.60 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.75 |

Referee

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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 Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Alec Stock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Fulham

GK Peter Mellor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Cutbush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Went | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
LB Fred Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Les Strong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Mullery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Barry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 64' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Stan Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 3 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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MATCH QUOTES
“I don’t like to think so but it seems our League Cup match with Leeds took more out of us than I thought. “[Keith] Leonard did well in his first taste of League football, but [Andy] Lochhead will be back on Wednesday for our replay.” Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟥 7 Oct 1972, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

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MATCH REPORTS

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