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Game #3216

Aston Villa

10-9-5, 29 PTS

Saturday, 30 December 1972

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Drew

3rd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Huddersfield Town

5-10-8, 20 PTS

Leeds Road

Attendance: 9,719

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

Huddersfield Town

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Andy Lochhead | 58' |

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 December 1972

🟨 | 42’ Booking, John Robson, Tackle
🥅 | 45’+ Goal, 0-1, (Huddersfield Town), Alan Gowling
🕒 | HT Huddersfield Town 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 1-1, Alun Evans, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Ray Graydon
🕒 | FT Huddersfield Town 1-1 Aston Villa

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

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 December 1972
  • Blackpool join Villa in third place as the gap to the top remains six points after Villa draw for the third successive time in five unbeaten games.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa make it five games unbeaten but can only draw for the third successive match to make it ten wins, ten draws and four defeats in twenty four League games.

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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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

Huddersfield Town

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26

FIXTURE HISTORY
Huddersfield Town
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Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #156 |
Saturday, 30 December 1972

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🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1971-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 156 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 | 41 🟥 39 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1971-1978

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 🟨

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

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names the same line up for a third successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.69 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.83 |

Youngest Player |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.48 |

Referee

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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

Ian Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Huddersfield Town

GK Terry Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dennis Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Geoff Hutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Pugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Dolan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Lawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bobby Hoy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Gowling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F Dave Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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MATCH QUOTES
"We came with the intention of getting two points but I was very pleased with the way we came back after Huddersfield had scored." Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 30 Dec 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

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