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Game #3223

Aston Villa

13-10-7, 36 PTS

Saturday, 24 February 1973

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Lost

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division Two

Leyton Orient

7-11-23, 25 PTS

Brisbane Road

Attendance: 9,085

🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane Road

Leyton Orient

4-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 February 1973

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Orient), Gerry Queen
💥 | 12' Ian Ross leaves field of play with gashed leg
🔁 | 14’ Sub off, Ian Ross, Sub on, Andy Lochhead
🕒 | HT Orient 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 0-2, (Orient), Paul Harris
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-3, (Orient), Barrie Fairbrother
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 0-4, (Orient), Barrie Fairbrother
🟨 | 80' Booking, Bruce Rioch, Foul
🕒 | FT Orient 4-0 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

🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 February 1973
  • Villa are hammered by Orient to leave them seven points behind leaders Burnley but still in third place as but for Jimmy Cumbes the defeat could have been significantly worse than the four goal thrashing it already was.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa recent improvement in form is obliterated as they are hammered by relegation threatened Orient to make it thirteen wins, eleven draws and six defeats in thirty League games.

🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane 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

Leyton Orient

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leyton Orient
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Previous 5 vs. Orient: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #163 |
Saturday, 24 February 1973

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🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth, 1971-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

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

🕒 163 | 🟩 | 79 🟨 | 42 🟥 42 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth, 1971-1973

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Rioch

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

🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.44 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.85 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.26 |

Referee

🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane Road

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

George Petchey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leyton Orient

GK Ray Goddard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Phil Hoadley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Wall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Brisley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Heppolette | 🇮🇳 |
F Barrie Fairbrother | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gerry Queen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane Road

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 14' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F Mickey Bullock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 24 Feb 1973, Villa 0-4 Orient, Brisbane Road

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Injury | 2 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS

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