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Game #3222

Aston Villa

13-10-6, 36 PTS

Saturday, 17 February 1973

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Drew

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Preston North End

10-8-12, 28 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,717

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-1

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Preston North End

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Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 19' |

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 17 February 1973

⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-0, Charlie Aitken, Assist by Ray Graydon
🥅 | 25’ Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End), Alec Bruce
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Preston North End
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Preston North End

🟨 | Booking, John Robson, Body-check

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 17 February 1973

Vic Crowe's Villa make it four games unbeaten but can only draw at home to Preston to make it thirteen wins, eleven draws and five defeats in twenty nine League games.

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, 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

Preston North End

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38

Aston Villa

Preston North End

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Preston North End

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #162 |
Saturday, 17 February 1973

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🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Trelewis, 1966-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 162 | 🟩 | 79 🟨 | 42 🟥 41 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Trelewis, 1966-1975
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 16 November 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Robson

🟨 McNab
🟨 Connor

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.42 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.83 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.24 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, 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

Frank Lord | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Preston North End

GK John Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Graham Hawkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jimmy McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
D John Bird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alex Spark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Lamb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jonathan Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Dave Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Hughie McIlmoyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB David Connor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Alex Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Alan Spavin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, 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

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, 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

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, 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

🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Our home form could cost us promotion.” Ron Wylie.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 17 February 1973, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park.

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