Game #3188
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 August 1972
Lost
Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Charity Shield
Manchester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 34,890
Aston Villa
0-1
Manchester City
Assist(s) | None
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
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 | 🏴 |
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
🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 46' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Willie Donachie | 🏴 | (CB Derek Jeffries | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Wyn Davies | 🏴 | (W Ian Mellor | 🏴 |)
🟥 5 August 1972, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.
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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