Game #3171

Aston Villa

21-3-6, 45 PTS

Saturday, 26 February 1972

Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division Three

Port Vale

10-8-11, 28 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,806

Aston Villa

2-0

Port Vale

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 66' | Pat McMahon | 72' |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Gordon Lee (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Port Vale

GK Stuart Sherratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Lindsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ray Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Brodie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tony Lacey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Tommy McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (F Bob Mountford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

🟩 26 February 1972, Villa 2-0 Vale, Villa Park.

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 February 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa make it eleven wins in thirteen and twenty one wins, three draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. Villa (played 30, points 45) remain top of the table ahead of Bournemouth (played 30, points 42) and their next opponents Notts County (played 28, points 41). Meanwhile, centre back Ian Ross made his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Liverpool earlier this week for a fee of £60,000.

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