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Game #3227

Aston Villa

14-11-9, 39 PTS

Saturday, 24 March 1973

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Drew

4th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Middlesbrough

13-12-11, 38 PTS

Ayresome Park

Attendance: 9,776

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

Middlesbrough

1-1

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Aston Villa

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🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 March 1973

🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 1-0, Pat McMahon
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 1-1, (Middlesbrough), John Hickton
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 March 1973

Vic Crowe's Villa make it fourteen wins, twelve draws and eight defeats in thirty four League games. Meanwhile, John Hickton became the first substitute to score against Villa.

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome 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

Middlesbrough

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

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #167 |
Saturday, 24 March 1973

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🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

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On This Day
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 167 | 🟩 | 80 🟨 | 43 🟥 44 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973 🆘
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 April 1972, Villa 1-1 Mansfield, Field Mill. 🆘
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Bruce Rioch replaces Ray Graydon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.70 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.06 |

Youngest Player |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 17.96 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Harold Shepherdson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Jim Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Frank Spraggon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Alex Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |🔁 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Brine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Nobby Stiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alan Foggon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Alex Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF John Hickton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome 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

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome 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

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

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