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Game #3220

Aston Villa

12-9-6, 33 PTS

Saturday, 27 January 1973

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Won

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Cardiff City

8-4-14, 20 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 25,856

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Cardiff City

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🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 27 January 1973

⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Cardiff City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Brian Little, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 27 January 1973

Vic Crowe's Villa make it twelve wins, ten draws and five defeats in twenty seven League games and rise to third in Division Two following two consecutive wins - they remain however 4 points off leaders Burnley (who have a game in hand) and three points off QPR in the second promotion spot.

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, 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

Cardiff City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1926-27

Aston Villa

Cardiff City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Cardiff City

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #160 |
Saturday, 27 January 1973

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🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 160 | 🟩 | 78 🟨 | 41 🟥 41 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.36 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.78 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.19 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Scoular | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

GK Bill Irwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Philip Dwyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Gary Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Don Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB David Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Roger Hoy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Vincent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Gil Reece | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Billy Kellock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Andy McCulloch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Johnny Vincent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Bobby Woodruff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, 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

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, 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

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, 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

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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