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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 Nov 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 Nov 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

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

🟥 18 Nov 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 18 November 1972

  • Villa, with six points from their last eight games fall to joint third with victorious opponents Luton, one point behind second placed QPR and now three points behind leaders Burnley after eighteen games. 

  • 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 Nov 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

Luton Town

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Luton Town

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Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🟥 18 Nov 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 Nov 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stonehouse
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 150 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 38 🟥 38 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stonehouse

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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🟨

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

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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

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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 Nov 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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

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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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

Squad Bios

🟥 18 Nov 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 Nov 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 18 Nov 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 18 Nov 1972, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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