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Game #3188

Aston Villa

Saturday, 5 August 1972

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Lost

Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Charity Shield

Manchester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,890

Aston Villa

0-1

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Manchester City

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Assist(s) | None

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Malcolm Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tony Book | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike Doyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tony Towers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mike Summerbee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Francis Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Wyn Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Rodney Marsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CB Derek Jeffries | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Wyn Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (W Ian Mellor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

🟥 5 August 1972, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 August 1972

Vic Crowe's Villa open the season with a Charity Shield game despite having no reason to be there other than numerous division one sides declining the invitation. Meanwhile, Alun Evans made his Villa debut aged 22 having joined Villa from Liverpool for a fee of £72,000 in June 1972.

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