top of page

Game #3206

Aston Villa

8-3-3, 19 PTS

Saturday, 21 October 1972

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Won

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Portsmouth

4-3-7, 11 PTS

Fratton Park

Attendance: 13,524

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

Portsmouth

0-1

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

2509-2.png

Assist(s) | Alun Evans | 31' |

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 October 1972

⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Alun Evans
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Ray Graydon, Sub on, Brian Little
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 0-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

Villa.gif

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 October 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa win for the first time in six matches to make it eight wins, three draws and three defeats in fourteen League games.

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

Villa.gif

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

Aston Villa

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

Portsmouth

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50

Aston Villa

Portsmouth

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Portsmouth

Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Saturday, 21 October 1972

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Villa.gif

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 146 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 35 🟥 37 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Villa.gif
Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Villa.gif

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Villa.gif

CARDS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

None

None

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

Villa.gif

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Neil Rioch replaces Chris Nicholl for his first start of the season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.64 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.51 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.79 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Ron Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

2509-2.png

Portsmouth

GK Graham Horn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fred Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Billy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eoin Hand | 🇮🇪 |
M Norman Piper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Richie Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 89' |

SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

CB David Munks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

Villa.gif

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

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

SQUAD STATS

Villa.gif

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

SQUAD STATS

2509-2.png

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Injury | 3 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg
Tables & Programmes

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH QUOTES

"Our tactics were not designed to be negative. "The players always controlled the game efficiently but we had Portsmouth watched at Luton last Wednesday when we were so impressed that we were expecting a greater struggle." Vic Crowe. “I don’t suppose it was much of a spectacle. “But we took two points and that’s what matters.” Bruce Rioch.
Quotes

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

Opens in New Window

Reports

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH VIDEO

Videos
bottom of page