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Game #3234

Aston Villa

18-13-10, 49 PTS

Tuesday, 24 April 1973

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Won

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Sheffield Wednesday

17-10-15, 44 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,710

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Sheffield Wednesday

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🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 24 April 1973

🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Eddie Prudham
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Pat McMahon, Sub on, Neil Rioch
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 1-1, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 2-1, Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday

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

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 24 April 1973

  • Villa, playing their third game in four days, extend their unbeaten League run to six, winning for the fourth time to remain third in the table.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa make it six unbeaten to make it eighteen wins, fourteen draws and nine defeats in forty one League games.

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, 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

Sheffield Wednesday

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield Wednesday

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Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

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

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #174 |
Tuesday, 24 April 1973

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🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Somerset, 1965-1976
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 174 | 🟩 | 84 🟨 | 45 🟥 45 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Somerset, 1965-1976
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 6 November 1971, Villa 4-4 Vale, Vale Park.
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Bobby McDonald replaces Neil Rioch.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.52 |

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

Youngest Player |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 18.05 |

Referee

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Derek Dooley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Peter Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Rodrigues | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Colin Prophett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Mullen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Clements | 🇬🇧 |
M Peter Eustace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Eddie Prudham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Brian Joicey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Sunley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Eddie Prudham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Sammy Todd | 🇬🇧 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, 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

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, 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

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 24 Apr 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park

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