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Game #3207

Aston Villa

8-4-3, 20 PTS

Saturday, 28 October 1972

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Drew

2nd= (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Middlesbrough

6-5-4, 17 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,345

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-1

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Middlesbrough

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Assist(s) | Chris Nicholl | 11' |

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 October 1972

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Chris Nicholl
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 1-1, (Middlesbrough), David Armstrong
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 October 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa make it eight wins, four draws and three defeats in fifteen League games and sit third in Division Two (Played 15, Points 20), two points off leaders Burnley (Played 15, Points 22).

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, 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

Middlesbrough

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

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #147 |
Saturday, 28 October 1972

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🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 147 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 36 🟥 37 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Chris Nicholl and Brian Little replace Neil Rioch and Ray Graydon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.49 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.53 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.81 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Stan Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Jim Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Gordon Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Frank Spraggon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Willie Maddren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Nobby Stiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Hickton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Eric McMordie | 🇬🇧 |

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

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, 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

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, 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

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 28 October 1972, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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