Game #3179

Aston Villa

26-5-7, 57 PTS

Monday, 3 April 1972

Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Three

Bristol Rovers

16-12-10, 44 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,518

Aston Villa

2-0

Bristol Rovers

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 26' | 58' |

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 Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Dodgin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bristol Rovers

GK Richard Crabtree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Phil Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Lindsay Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frankie Prince | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Wayne Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bryn Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Kenny Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Mike Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bruce Bannister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Kenny Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (FB Tom Stanton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

🟩 3 April 1972, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park.

ON THIS DAY

Monday, 3 April 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa make it three successive victories again to record twenty six wins, five draws and seven defeats in 38 division three games so far this campaign. As a result, Villa (played 38, points 57) opened up a six point lead over second placed Bournemouth (played 38, points 51) and a seven point gap to third place Brighton and Hove Albion (played 37, points 50).

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