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Game #3225

Aston Villa

13-10-9, 36 PTS

Saturday, 10 March 1973

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Lost

5th= (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Queens Park Rangers

17-12-4, 46 PTS

Loftus Road

Attendance: 21,578

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

Queens Park Rangers

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 March 1973

🕒 | HT Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Mick Leach
🕒 | FT Queens Park Rangers 1-0 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

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 10 March 1973

  • Villa lose for the third successive game, this time to second placed QPR who climb to top spot thanks to their victory, ten points ahead of Villa who tumble to joint fifth place alongside Wednesday, Luton and Boro.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa are beaten for the third match in succession - this time to second placed promotion rivals QPR - and make it thirteen wins, eleven draws and eight defeats in thirty two League games. As a result Villa drop to joint fifth in the table (Played 32, Points 36) with Luton Town (Played 32, Points 36) and Sheffield Wednesday (Played 33, Points 36). Second place - the final promotion place - is 9 points ahead and in the hands of Burnley (Played 32, Points 45) with QPR top after their win over Villa.

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus 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

Queens Park Rangers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

FIXTURE HISTORY

Queens Park Rangers

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Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

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

Queens Park Rangers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Queens Park Rangers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #165 |
Saturday, 10 March 1973

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🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1963-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 165 | 🟩 | 79 🟨 | 42 🟥 44 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1963-1978
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 26 December 1970, Villa 2-0, Shrewsbury, Villa Park.
Cards:

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

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

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Pat McMahon replaces Bruce Rioch.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.69 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.89 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.30 |

Referee

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gordon Jago | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Queens Park Rangers

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dave Clement | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Mancini | 🇮🇪 |
CB Tony Hazell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Venables | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick Leach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Delve | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Don Givens | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Ron Abbott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus 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

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 10 Mar 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

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MATCH VIDEO

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