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Game #3205

Aston Villa

7-3-3, 17 PTS

Tuesday, 17 October 1972

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Drew

3rd= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division Two

Blackpool

5-5-3, 15 PTS

Bloomfield Road

Attendance: 15,043

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

Blackpool

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 41' |

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 17 October 1972

⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-0, Alun Evans, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🕒 | HT Blackpool 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 1-1, (Blackpool), Billy Rafferty
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Chris Nicholl, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Blackpool 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 17 October 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa score for the first time in four games to stop a run of three successive losses and make it seven wins, three draws and three defeats in thirteen matches.

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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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

Blackpool

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53

Aston Villa

Blackpool

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackpool

Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #145 |
Tuesday, 17 October 1972

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🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 145 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 | 35 🟥 37 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Fred Turnbull replaces Andy Lochhead.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.03 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.50 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.78 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Bob Stokoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bill Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glyn James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Peter Suddaby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Ainscow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Suddick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Lennard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Billy Rafferty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Micky Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Hatton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 68' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Dave Lennard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Peter Hardcastle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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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

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 17 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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