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Game #3231

Aston Villa

17-11-10, 45 PTS

Saturday, 14 April 1973

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Won

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Bristol City

14-12-13, 40 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,545

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Bristol City

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Assist(s) | John Robson | 71' |

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 April 1973

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Bristol City
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 1-0, Neil Rioch, Assist by John Robson
💥 | 87’ Missed penalty, Bristol City, Gerry Gow
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Bristol City

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

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 April 1973

  • Jimmy Cumbes saves an 87’ penalty to protect Neil Rioch’s winner as Villa remain in third place after 38 games having played a game more than second placed QPR seven points ahead and with just eight points available. 

  • Vic Crowe's Villa record three successive wins for the first time since early February as they earn swift revenge for their Ashton Gate battering three games earlier. As a result, Villa make it seventeen wins, twelve draws and nine defeats in thirty eight League games. Villa consolidate third place (Played 38, Points 45) ahead of Blackpool (Played 39, Points 44).

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

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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

Bristol City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Bristol City

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Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #171 |
Saturday, 14 April 1973

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🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 171 | 🟩 | 83 🟨 | 43 🟥 45 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 December 1971, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Villa Park.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Neil Rioch replaces Charlie Aitken.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.42 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.12 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.40 |

Referee

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Dicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol City

GK Ray Cashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Rodgers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Geoff Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Brian Drysdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Emanuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Keith Fear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bobby Gould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB David Rodgers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Trevor Tainton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, 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

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 14 Apr 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park

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