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Game #3210

Aston Villa

8-6-4, 22 PTS

Saturday, 18 November 1972

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Lost

4th= (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division Two

Luton Town

9-4-5, 22 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,144

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-2

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Luton Town

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 18 November 1972

🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Rodney Fern
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Luton Town
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, Pat McMahon
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-2, (Luton Town), John Aston
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Luton Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 18 November 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the first time in six and fail to score for the second successive game as they make it eight wins, seven draws and three defeats in eighteen League games.

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, 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

Luton Town

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

Aston Villa

Luton Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Luton Town

Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #150 |
Saturday, 18 November 1972

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🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stonehouse, 1959-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
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

🕒 150 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 38 🟥 38 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stonehouse, 1959-1974
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 16 December 1970, Villa 1-1, Manchester United, Old Trafford.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟨

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Lochhead replaces Brian Little.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.29 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.72 |

Youngest Player |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.15 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Harry Haslam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Luton Town

GK Keith Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Ryan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Faulkner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Garner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Alan Slough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jimmy Ryan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Rod Fern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Vic Halom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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D Ken Goodeve | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, 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

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, 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

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 18 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

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