Game #3168

Aston Villa

19-2-6, 40 PTS

Saturday, 5 February 1972

Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

York City

6-8-14, 20 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,905

Aston Villa

1-0

York City

Scorer(s) | Willie Anderson | 67' (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tom Johnston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

York City

GK Graeme Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Mackin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Pat Lally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Chris Topping | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Phil Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Swallow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Laurie Calloway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Wann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Paul Almson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 71' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Alan Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Eddie Rowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

🟩 5 February 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Villa Park.

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 February 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa make it nine wins in ten and nineteen wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result, Villa consolidate first place (played 27, points 40) from Bournemouth (played 26, points 38) and Notts County (played 25, points 37).

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