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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 December 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 December 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

🟨 30 December 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 30 December 1972

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 December 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.

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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

Huddersfield Town

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

Aston Villa

Huddersfield Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Huddersfield Town

Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

🟨 30 December 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 December 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1968-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 156 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 | 41 🟥 39 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟨 30 December 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1968-1979
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 5 September 1972, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

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🟨 30 December 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
Manager

🟨 30 December 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 December 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 30 December 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

🟨 30 December 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.

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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

🟨 30 December 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 December 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 30 December 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 30 December 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 December 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 30 December 1972, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.

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