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Game #3215

Aston Villa

10-8-5, 28 PTS

Tuesday, 26 December 1972

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Drew

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Nottingham Forest

8-8-8, 24 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 37,014

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-2

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Nottingham Forest

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🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 26 December 1972

🥅 | 39’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), John Galley
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Neil Martin
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Nottingham Forest
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Pat McMahon, Sub on, Brian Little
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-2, Andy Lochhead
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 2-2, Alun Evans, Assist by Ray Graydon
💥 | 78' Andy Lochhead 'goal' disallowed for offside
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Nottingham Forest

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

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 26 December 1972

  • Villa, unbeaten in four, draw for the second successive match to make third place their own but they are now three points off second placed QPR and six off leaders Burnley.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa make it four games unbeaten but can only draw once again as they are held by Forest at Villa Park to make it ten wins, nine draws and four defeats in twenty three League games.

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, 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

Nottingham Forest

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59

FIXTURE HISTORY

Nottingham Forest

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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

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

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #155 |
Tuesday, 26 December 1972

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🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 155 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 | 40 🟥 39 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 8 September 1971, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

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

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.68 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.82 |

Youngest Player |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.47 |

Referee

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Dave Mackay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Jim Barron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Winfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Gemmell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Doug Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Cottam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Hindley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jim McIntosh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W John Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Neil Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF John Galley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Duncan McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Tommy Jackson | 🇬🇧 |

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

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, 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

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“We needed two points from this game to keep in the promotion race "But, I suppose, we cannot complain too much, because if anyone had told me we would be third after Christmas I would have been happy." Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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