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Game #3233

Aston Villa

17-13-10, 47 PTS

Monday, 23 April 1973

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Drew

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Millwall

15-9-15, 39 PTS

The Den

Attendance: 9,768

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

Millwall

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Jimmy Brown | 23' |

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 23 April 1973

🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Millwall), Gordon Bolland
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-1, Ray Graydon, Assist by Jimmy Brown
🕒 | HT Millwall 1-1 Aston Villa
🟥 | 74’ Sending off, Ray Graydon, Kick
🟨 | 77’ Booking, Pat McMahon, Trip
🕒 | FT Millwall 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 23 April 1973

Vic Crowe's Villa make it five unbeaten but suffer a second sending off in six games and are held by Millwall at the Den. As a result, Villa make it seventeen wins, fourteen draws and nine defeats in forty League games. With just six points left to play for, Villa's bid for a second successive promotion is over.

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

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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

Millwall

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

Aston Villa

Millwall

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Millwall

Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #173 |
Monday, 23 April 1973

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🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Crabb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Exeter, 1970-1978 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 173 | 🟩 | 83 🟨 | 45 🟥 45 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ron Crabb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Exeter, 1970-1978 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
🆘 Failed to censure Millwall despite the punishment they had meted out to Villa's players throughout.
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 August 1971, Villa 2-0 Rochdale, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟥 Graydon
🟨 McMahon

None

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ray Graydon replaces Geoff Vowden.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.88 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.15 |

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

Referee
Manager

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Benny Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Millwall

GK Bryan King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Barry Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alan Dorney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dennis Burnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Harry Cripps | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Eamon Dunphy | 🇮🇪 |
W Doug Allder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gordon Bolland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Steve Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mike Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Malcolm Beard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

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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

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

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

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

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

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

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MATCH QUOTES

“The sickening thing is that we could now be without Graydon for two or three weeks a the beginning of next season. “It’s ridiculous to think that a player can get 12 points and not have them carried over to the next season, but if you are sent off you are automatically banned.” Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

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