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Game #3232

Aston Villa

17-12-10, 46 PTS

Saturday, 21 April 1973

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Drew

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Luton Town

15-11-13, 41 PTS

Kenilworth Road

Attendance: 10,981

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

Luton Town

0-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 April 1973

🟨 | 35’ Booking, John Robson, Late tackle
🕒 | HT Luton Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Luton Town 0-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 April 1973

Vic Crowe's Villa make it four unbeaten but are held to a goal-less draw by Luton. As a result, Villa make it seventeen wins, thirteen draws and nine defeats in thirty nine League games. With just six points left to play for, Villa's bid for a second successive promotion is over.

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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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

Luton Town

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

Aston Villa

Luton Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Luton Town

Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #172 |
Saturday, 21 April 1973

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🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Guildford, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 172 | 🟩 | 83 🟨 | 44 🟥 45 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Guildford, 1966-1979
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 19 August 1972, Villa 2-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Robson

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None

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.44 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.14 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.42 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Harry Haslam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Luton Town

GK Keith Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Ryan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Don Shanks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Faulkner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Hindson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Graham French | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jimmy Ryan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Viv Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W John Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Ken Goodeve | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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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

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth 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

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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