Game #3173

Aston Villa

23-3-6, 49 PTS

Saturday, 11 March 1972

Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Rotherham United

14-9-7, 37 PTS

Millmoor

Attendance: 16,290

Rotherham United

0-2

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 25' | Ray Graydon | 33' |

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 25' |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🟢 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jimmy McAnearney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Rotherham United

GK Roy Tunks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Billy Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ray Mielczarek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Trevor Swift | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Eustace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Mullen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Bobby Ham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Carl Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Eddie Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

🟩 11 March 1972, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Millmoor.

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 11 March 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa make it thirteen wins in fifteen and twenty three wins, three draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. Villa (played 32, points 49) now have a game in hand over second placed Bournemouth (played 33, points 48) and third placed Brighton and Hove Albion (played 32, points 45). Meanwhile, centre back Chris Nicholl made his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Luton Town earlier this week for a fee of £75,000. Nicholl joined fellow new boys Ian Ross and Jim Cumbes in a new look defence ready for the second division.

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