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Game #3186

Aston Villa

31-6-8, 68 PTS

Saturday, 29 April 1972

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division Three

Torquay United

10-11-19, 31 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 37,179

Aston Villa

5-1

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Torquay United

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Assist(s) | Andy Lochhead | 11' | Brian Little | 18' | 61' | Ray Graydon | 31' |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jack Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Torquay United

GK Mike Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D David Stocks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dick Edwards (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Alan Welsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ken Sandercock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Twitchin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Cliff Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bruce Stuckey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Tearse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 73' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ian Twitchin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Alan Skirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

🟩 29 April 1972, Villa 5-1 Torquay, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 April 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa gain swift revenge over a Torquay side who had so unexpectedly beaten them four games earlier to make it thirty one wins, six draws and eight defeats in 45 division three games. Villa's latest win clinched the third division title (played 45, points 68), winning a record number of games (31) Villa and having already set a points record. Second placed Brighton (played 45, points 64) secured promotion ahead of third placed Bournemouth (played 45, points 61).

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