CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Centre Back

1969-75 🕒 23 | 16 (7) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 5 | #539 |

Previous Player	Next Player
M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #538 \|	GK Evan Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #540 \|

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
Daniel Gordon Rioch	13 April 1951	London	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	(5 ft 10 in) 1.78 m

Personal

Transfer In

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1969-70	1 July 1969	18	£10,000	Luton Town		Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Villa Career

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1969-75 | £10k |
1969-70 Football League Second Division |
1970-72 Football League Third Division |
1972-75 Football League Second Division |
🕒 23 | 16 (7) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 5 | #539 |

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Played Under

Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1969
Vic Crowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 1970-73
Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1974-75

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
6	23	16	7	5

🟩 Won	🟩 Win %	🟨 Drew	🟨 Drawn %	🟥 Lost	🟥 Loss %

Goals ⚽	Assists 🔥	Yellow Cards 🟨	Red Cards 🟥
3	0	1	0

Goal Involvements (GI)	Games per Goal (GPG)	Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
3	7.67

Seasons

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1969-70	18	D2		2	2	0	0	0	2								0.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1970-71	19	D3		2	0	2	0	0	0								0.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1971-72	20	D3		2	2	0	2	0	0								1.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1972-73	21	D2		8	6	2	1	0	2								8.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🇺	🔥	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1973-74	22	D2		5	2	3	0	0	0								0.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1974-75	23	D2		4	4	0	0	0	1								0.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #	Goals Conceded 🥅	Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)	Clean Sheets ⛔	% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1969-70	18	D2	2

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1970-71	19	D3	2

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1971-72	20	D3	2

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1972-73	21	D2	8

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1973-74	22	D2	5

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1974-75	23	D2	4

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Honours

1971-72 Third Division
1974-75 League Cup

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

1966-68 Luton Town Youth
Football League Fourth Division

1968-69 Luton Town
Football League Third Division
🕒 0 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1969-70	13 August 1969	Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
Transfer In	Transfer In

Debut Season	Debut Date	Debut Age	Debut Under
1969-70	16 August 1969	18	Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Loans Out

1971 Toronto Metros
NASL
🕒 11 | 11 (0) | ⚽ 1 |

1972 York City
Feb 1972
Football League Third Division
🕒 1 | 0 (1) | ⚽ 0 |

1972 Northampton Town
Mar 1972
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 14 | 14 (0) | ⚽ 4 |

Final

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1974-75	18 February 1975	23	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1974-75	18 February 1975	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1974-75	May 1975	24	Free	Plymouth Argyle		Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Transfer Out

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Subsequent Clubs

1975-76 Plymouth Argyle
Football League Second Division
🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1976 Portland Timbers
NASL
🕒 23 | ⚽ 3 | (League)

1976 Retired aged 25

Quotes

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Quotes

Biography

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Biography

Player #539 for Aston Villa, Daniel Gordon Rioch known as Neil Rioch played as a centre back for the club between 1969-70 and 1974-75 making 23 appearances, scoring 3 goals.

Villa had signed Neil from Luton Town for £15,000 in 1 July 1969 along with his brother Neil (£100,000).

Neil was born in Paddington on 13 April 1951 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 16 August 1969 aged 18 but that would be one of his only two appearances that season.

Thereafter Neil was mostly used as a back up - making 2 substitute appearances in 1970-71 before another 2 starts the following season, 8 appearances in 1972-73 and 5 the following season.

Neil made his final appearance for Villa on Tuesday, 18 February 1975 aged 23 before moving on to Plymouth Argyle in May 1975 aged 24.

Appearances

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Appearances

23

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #3033	🟥 16 August 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.	Starting XI: GK Evan Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Dick Edwards \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Mike Ferguson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3050	🟥 8 November 1969, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.	Starting XI: GK John Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Dick Edwards \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Lionel Martin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Barrie Hole \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Godfrey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| Subs: F Dave Simmons \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3091	🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.	Starting XI: GK John Dunn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Fred Turnbull \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Lew Chatterley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Dave Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Godfrey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3101	🟨 17 November 1970, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville Stadium.	Starting XI: GK John Dunn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Fred Turnbull \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Godfrey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3155	🟩 30 October 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Tommy Hughes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| D Keith Bradley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Dave Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3156	🟨 6 November 1971, Villa 4-4 Vale, Vale Park.	Starting XI: GK Tommy Hughes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| D Keith Bradley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Dave Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3206	🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Fred Turnbull \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Alun Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3228	🟥 27 March 1973, Villa 0-3 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Bobby McDonald \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Fred Turnbull \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Alun Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3229	🟩 31 March 1973, Villa 2-1 Oxford, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Fred Turnbull \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Alun Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3230	🟩 7 April 1973, Villa 2-1, Hull, Boothferry Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3231	🟩 14 April 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3232	🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3233	🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3234	🟩 24 April 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Bobby McDonald \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3250	🟩 27 October 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Alun Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3255	🟥 8 December 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Trevor Hockey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Alun Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3257	🟨 22 December 1973, Villa 1-1 Notts County, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Trevor Hockey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3258	🟥 26 December 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, The Hawthorns.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Trevor Hockey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3259	🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Trevor Hockey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Alun Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3297	🟩 12 October 1974, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Sammy Morgan \| 🇬🇧 \| Subs: None
Game #3299	🟨 19 October 1974, Villa 0-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Sammy Morgan \| 🇬🇧 \| Subs: None
Game #3300	🟩 26 October 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Sammy Morgan \| 🇬🇧 \| Subs: F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3302	🟥 9 November 1974, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Bobby Campbell \| 🇬🇧 \| Subs: F Tony Betts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3322	🟥 15 February 1975, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Portman Road.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Bobby McDonald \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Keith Leonard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Alun Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3323	🟩 18 February 1975, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.	Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Bobby McDonald \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Keith Leonard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

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Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #3033	🟥 16 August 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.	GK Evan Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟢 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Dick Edwards \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Mike Ferguson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3050	🟥 8 November 1969, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.	GK John Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Dick Edwards \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Lionel Martin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| M Barrie Hole \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Godfrey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|
Game #3155	🟩 30 October 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.	GK Tommy Hughes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| ⚽ \| 🟨 \| D Keith Bradley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| ⚽ \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| 🔥 \| F Dave Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔁 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔥 \|
Game #3156	🟨 6 November 1971, Villa 4-4 Vale, Vale Park.	GK Tommy Hughes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB Mick Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| CB Brian Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| D Keith Bradley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| ⚽ \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Dave Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3206	🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Fred Turnbull \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Willie Anderson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Alun Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \|
Game #3228	🟥 27 March 1973, Villa 0-3 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Bobby McDonald \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| 🟨 \| CB Fred Turnbull \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| F Alun Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟥 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3229	🟩 31 March 1973, Villa 2-1 Oxford, Villa Park.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Fred Turnbull \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Alun Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔥 \|
Game #3231	🟩 14 April 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3232	🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Geoff Vowden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3233	🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| M Pat McMahon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔥 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🟥 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Lochhead \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3257	🟨 22 December 1973, Villa 1-1 Notts County, Villa Park.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Jimmy Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔁 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Trevor Hockey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3258	🟥 26 December 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, The Hawthorns.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Trevor Hockey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Bruce Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3297	🟩 12 October 1974, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🟨 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Sammy Morgan \| 🇬🇧 \| 🔥 \|
Game #3299	🟨 19 October 1974, Villa 0-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Sammy Morgan \| 🇬🇧 \|
Game #3300	🟩 26 October 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| ⚽ \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔁 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🔥 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Sammy Morgan \| 🇬🇧 \|
Game #3302	🟥 9 November 1974, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Bobby Campbell \| 🇬🇧 \|
Game #3322	🟥 15 February 1975, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Portman Road.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Bobby McDonald \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Keith Leonard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| 🔥 \| F Alun Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🔴 \|
Game #3323	🟩 18 February 1975, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.	GK Jim Cumbes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Charlie Aitken \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Bobby McDonald \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔥 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 🟨 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Keith Leonard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \|

Starts

Subs

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Substitute Appearances

7

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub
Game #3091	🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3101	🟨 17 November 1970, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville Stadium.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3230	🟩 7 April 1973, Villa 2-1, Hull, Boothferry Park.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3234	🟩 24 April 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3250	🟩 27 October 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3255	🟥 8 December 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3259	🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

Unused

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

5

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes
Game #3032	🟩 13 August 1969, Villa 2-1 Chester, Sealand Road.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3034	🟨 19 August 1969, Villa 1-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3211	🟥 25 November 1972, Villa 0-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3225	🟥 10 March 1973, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3315	🟩 11 January 1975, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park.	CB Neil Rioch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Goals Scored

3

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)
Game #3155	🟩 30 October 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.	Scorer(s) \| Neil Rioch \| 5' \| 23' \| Chico Hamilton \| 19' \| Willie Anderson \| 42' \|
Game #3231	🟩 14 April 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park.	Scorer(s) \| Neil Rioch \| 71' \|

Goals

Assists

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Cards Received

🟨

1 🟥

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

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CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

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CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟥 16 August 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.

Game #3033

Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 16 August 1969

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assists(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Evan Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Terry Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dennis Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Ellam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Geoff Hutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Nicholson | 🇬🇧 |
M Jimmy McGill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Colin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bobby Hoy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Frank Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Greenhalgh (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Jimmy Lawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Tommy Docherty's Villa make it two losses in two games, meanwhile Neil Rioch made his Villa debut aged 19 after moving from Luton Town in July 1969 and goalkeeper Evan Williams made his debut for Villa aged 26 having joined on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟥 8 November 1969, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

Game #3050

Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Season | 1969-70 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Saturday, 8 November 1969

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assists(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 55' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Mike Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Trevor Jacobs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Brian Drysdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Dickie Rooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Gordon Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Kellard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Danny Bartley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alan Skirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Chris Garland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Terry Bush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Gerry Sharpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 44’ Goal, 1-0, (Bristol City), Alan Skirton
🕒 | HT Bristol City 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 55’ Sub off, Lionel Martin, Sub on, Dave Simmons
🕒 | FT Bristol City 1-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

Tommy Docherty's terrible season continues as Villa fail to win for the sixteenth time in eighteen League games to make it two wins, seven draws and nine losses in eighteen division two games to sit bottom of the table and three points adrift of safety.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟨 10 October 1970, Villa 1-1 Rochdale, Spotland.

Game #3091

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Crabb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Exeter, 1970-1978 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 10 October 1970

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 9' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 67' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK David Tennant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Graham Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Ashworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Ryder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Colin Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Hughen Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Downes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Reg Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alf Arrowsmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Ronnie Blair | 🇬🇧 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa face Rochdale for the first time in competitive football, Rochdale become the 100th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Vic Crowe's Villa are held once again to make it six wins, five draws and a defeat in twelve division three games so far this season.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟨 17 November 1970, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville Stadium.

Game #3101

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #25 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Tuesday, 17 November 1970

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Pat McMahon | 1' |

Assist(s) | Andy Lochhead | 1' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Dick Sheppard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Phil Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Don Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Lindsay Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frankie Prince | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bryn Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Harold Jarman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Carl Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Robin Stubbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Harold Jarman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Bobby Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa take a first minute lead at Eastville Stadium but Rovers level to force a replay at Villa Park.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟩 30 October 1971, Villa 4-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

Game #3155

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Charles Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth, 1966-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Saturday, 30 October 1971

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Neil Rioch | 5' | 23' | Chico Hamilton | 19' | Willie Anderson | 42' |

Assist(s) | Geoff Vowden | 5' | 42' | Andy Lochhead | 19' | Willie Anderson | 23' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 69' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Roger Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Mick Heaton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Mick Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Gerry Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Garbett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ben Arentoft | 🇩🇰 |
M Gerry McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Terry Eccles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Barry Endean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tony Field | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Johnny Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Bill Dunning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Neil Rioch, Assist by Geoff Vowden
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 2-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Andy Lochhead
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 3-0, Neil Rioch, Assist by Willie Anderson
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 3-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Tony Field
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 4-1, Willie Anderson, Assist by Geoff Vowden
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn Rovers
🟨 | 48' Booking, Neil Rioch, Tackle
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Dave Gibson, Sub on, Brian Little 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn Rovers

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa win for only the second time in five games as they return to goalscoring form to dispatch Blackburn. As a result Villa make it nine wins, one draw and five defeats in division three so far this campaign. Meanwhile, Brian Little made his Villa debut aged 17 after joining from school football in June 1969.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟨 6 November 1971, Villa 4-4 Vale, Vale Park.

Game #3156

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Somerset, 1965-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Saturday, 6 November 1971

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Chico Hamilton | 7' | Willie Anderson | 40' (pen) | Own Goal | 45' | Ray Graydon | 53' |

Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 7' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Mick Hoban | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Keith Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Brodie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Summerscales | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH John Flowers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Mike Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Bob Mountford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Tommy McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (LB Tony Loska | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa score four for the second successive match, four away from home, but can only draw in a remarkable match with Vale. As a result Villa make it nine wins, two draws and five defeats in division three so far this campaign. Meanwhile, forward Mick Hoban made his debut appearance in the Villa squad debut aged 19 after joining from St. Chad's College.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟩 21 October 1972, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

Game #3206

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Saturday, 21 October 1972

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Geoff Vowden | 31' |

Assist(s) | Alun Evans | 31' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 89' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Graham Horn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fred Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Billy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eoin Hand | 🇮🇪 |
M Norman Piper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Richie Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB David Munks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Alun Evans
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Ray Graydon, Sub on, Brian Little
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 0-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa win for the first time in six matches to make it eight wins, three draws and three defeats in fourteen League games.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟥 27 March 1973, Villa 0-3 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

Game #3228

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Amersham, 1966-1977 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #168 |
Tuesday, 27 March 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Ray Cashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB David Rodgers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Geoff Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Brian Drysdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Emanuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Keith Fear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bobby Gould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Gary Collier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa lose heavily at Bristol City and have Alun Evans sent off as they make it fourteen wins, twelve draws and nine defeats in thirty five League games.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟩 31 March 1973, Villa 2-1 Oxford, Villa Park.

Game #3229

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #169 |
Saturday, 31 March 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Pat McMahon | 12' | Geoff Vowden | 62' |

Assist(s) | Andy Lochhead | 62' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Malcolm Beard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Kevin Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Nick Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Shuker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Evanson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Skeen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Fleming | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Nigel Cassisdy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Hugh Curran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Ken Skeen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Keith Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa recover from their Bristol beating to make it fifteen wins, twelve draws and nine defeats in thirty six League games.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟩 7 April 1973, Villa 2-1, Hull, Boothferry Park.

Game #3230

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #170 |
Saturday, 7 April 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Chico Hamilton | 5' | Brian Little | 63' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 85' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Ian McKechnie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Frank Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Terry Neill | 🇬🇧 |
FB Don Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ken Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy McGill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Roy Greenwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ian Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Holme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF John Kaye | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Malcolm Lord | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa record successive wins for the first time since early February to make it sixteen wins, twelve draws and nine defeats in thirty seven League games. As a result, Villa climb to third (Played 37, Points 43), eight points off leaders Burnley (Played 36, Points 51) and seven points off the holders of the second promotion place, QPR (Played 37, Points 50). Villa were however ahead of fourth place Blackpool (Played 38, Points 42) and Sheffield Wednesday in fifth (Played 38, Points 41).

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟩 14 April 1973, Villa 1-0, Bristol City, Villa Park.

Game #3231

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #171 |
Saturday, 14 April 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Neil Rioch | 71' |

Assist(s) | John Robson | 71' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Ray Cashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Rodgers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Geoff Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Brian Drysdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Emanuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Keith Fear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bobby Gould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB David Rodgers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Trevor Tainton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Bristol City
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 1-0, Neil Rioch, Assist by John Robson
💥 | 87’ Missed penalty, Bristol City, Gerry Gow
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Bristol City

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa record three successive wins for the first time since early February as they earn swift revenge for their Ashton Gate battering three games earlier. As a result, Villa make it seventeen wins, twelve draws and nine defeats in thirty eight League games. Villa consolidate third place (Played 38, Points 45) ahead of Blackpool (Played 39, Points 44).

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟨 21 April 1973, Villa 0-0, Luton, Kenilworth Road.

Game #3232

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Guildford, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #172 |
Saturday, 21 April 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Keith Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Ryan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Don Shanks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Faulkner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Hindson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Graham French | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jimmy Ryan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Viv Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W John Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Ken Goodeve | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🟨 | 35’ Booking, John Robson, Late tackle
🕒 | HT Luton Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Luton Town 0-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa make it four unbeaten but are held to a goal-less draw by Luton. As a result, Villa make it seventeen wins, thirteen draws and nine defeats in thirty nine League games. With just six points left to play for, Villa's bid for a second successive promotion is over.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den.

Game #3233

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Crabb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Exeter, 1970-1978 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #173 |
Monday, 23 April 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 23' |

Assist(s) | Jimmy Brown | 23' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Malcolm Beard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Bryan King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Barry Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alan Dorney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dennis Burnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Harry Cripps | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Eamon Dunphy | 🇮🇪 |
W Doug Allder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gordon Bolland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Steve Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mike Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa make it five unbeaten but suffer a second sending off in six games and are held by Millwall at the Den. As a result, Villa make it seventeen wins, fourteen draws and nine defeats in forty League games. With just six points left to play for, Villa's bid for a second successive promotion is over.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟩 24 April 1973, Villa 2-1, Wednesday, Villa Park.

Game #3234

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Somerset, 1965-1976
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1972-73 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #174 |
Tuesday, 24 April 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 56' | Chico Hamilton | 64' |

Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 56' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Peter Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Rodrigues | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Colin Prophett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Mullen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Clements | 🇬🇧 |
M Peter Eustace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Eddie Prudham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Brian Joicey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Sunley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Eddie Prudham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Sammy Todd | 🇬🇧 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa make it six unbeaten to make it eighteen wins, fourteen draws and nine defeats in forty one League games.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟩 27 October 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground.

Game #3250

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1964-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #190 |
Saturday, 27 October 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 7' | Charlie Aitken | 58' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 89' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Jim Barron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Liam O'Kane | 🇬🇧 |
CB Bob Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Cottam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Winfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Jackson | 🇬🇧 |
M George Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Duncan McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Neil Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M George Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Paul Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa make it six wins, six draws and two defeats in fourteen League games this season. Unbeaten in 4, winning 3, Villa move into the promotion places (Played 14, Points 18) three points behind leaders Middlesbrough (Played 14, Points 21)

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟥 8 December 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

Game #3255

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Harold Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1966-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #195 |
Saturday, 8 December 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Jim Montgomery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Malone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jack Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Joe Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Micky Horswill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Porterfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bobby Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Vic Halom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Danny Hegan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa, without a win in four, losing three make it seven wins, seven draws and five defeats in nineteen League games this season.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟨 22 December 1973, Villa 1-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

Game #3257

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stonehouse, 1959-1974 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #197 |
Saturday, 22 December 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Bruce Rioch | 77' |

Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 77' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 67' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Roy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bill Brindley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bob Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Arthur Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB David McVay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Don Masson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Eric Probert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jon Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin Randall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Les Bradd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Geoff Collier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa, stop a run of three losses to make it seven wins, eight draws and six defeats in twenty one League games this season. Meanwhile, Charlie Aitken marked his 555th appearance for Villa and 479th league appearance by receiving a trophy from Mrs Billie Walker, widow of the late Villa player, and previous record holder, Billy Walker.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟥 26 December 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, The Hawthorns.

Game #3258

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1966-1975 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #198 |
Wednesday, 26 December 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Peter Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gordon Nisbet | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alan Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Wile | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Ray Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Len Cantello | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Allan Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Willie Johnston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F David Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Lyndon Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa, without a win in seven, including five losses, make it seven wins, eight draws and seven defeats in twenty two League games this season. Villa slump to 14th (Played 22, Points 22) 7 points shy of the final promotion place as Villa and Vic Crowe's season fell apart.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

Game #3259

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Jack Rice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leyland, 1972-1977
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #199 |
Saturday, 29 December 1973

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 10' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Roy Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Shuker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Evanson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Aylott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Nigel Cassisdy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Hugh Curran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M John Evanson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Ken Skeen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa, without a win in eight, including six losses, make it seven wins, eight draws and eight defeats in twenty three League games this season.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟩 12 October 1974, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

Game #3297

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Guildford, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Saturday, 12 October 1974

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 46' |

Assists(s) | Sammy Morgan | 46' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK George Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Bill Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glyn James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Peter Suddaby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Tong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Ainscow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Evanson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Hatton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mickey Walsh | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Wyn Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Blackpool
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Sammy Morgan
🟨 | 80’ Booking, Ray Graydon, Tackle
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackpool

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it six wins, four draws and two defeats in his first twelve Division Two games as Villa boss.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟨 19 October 1974, Villa 0-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

Game #3299

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ralph Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheadle, 1970-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 19 October 1974

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assists(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Jim Montgomery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Malone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Bobby Moncur | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ron Guthrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Porterfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bobby Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tony Towers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Vic Halom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Pop Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Tom Finney | 🇬🇧 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Sunderland 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Sunderland 0-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it six wins, five draws and two defeats in his first thirteen League games as Villa boss.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟩 26 October 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park.

Game #3300

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alan Turvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Basingstoke, 1973–1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 26 October 1974

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Leighton Phillips | 6' | Chris Nicholl | 35' | Ray Graydon (pen) | 43' |

Assists(s) | Leighton Phillips | 35' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 85' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Peter Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Rodrigues | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Holsgrove | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eric McMordie | 🇬🇧 |
M Ken Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Bobby Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Joicey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Colin Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Fred McIver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it seven wins, five draws and two defeats in his first fourteen League games as Villa boss.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟥 9 November 1974, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

Game #3302

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Saturday, 9 November 1974

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assists(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Campbell | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Roy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bill Brindley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ray O'Brien | 🇮🇪 |
LB Arthur Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ian Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Brian Stubbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Don Masson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Steve Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Kevin Randall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Scanlon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Steve Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Mick Vinter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose successive games for the first time this season to make it seven wins, five draws and four defeats in his first sixteen League games as Villa boss.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟥 15 February 1975, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Portman Road.

Game #3322

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #40 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Saturday, 15 February 1975

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Bobby McDonald | 10' | Alun Evans | 50' |

Assists(s) | Keith Leonard | 10' | 50' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔴 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Laurie Sivell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB George Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Hunter | 🇬🇧 |
CB Kevin Beattie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Viljoen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mick Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Clive Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF David Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Whymark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Clive Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Bryan Hamilton | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in nine matches as three late goals from top tier side Ipswich knock them out of the FA Cup.

Villa hammer first division title chasers Ipswich in the FA Cup and … lose. Their first defeat in 1975 after nine games in all competitions.

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟩 18 February 1975, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

Game #3323

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Trelewis, 1966-1975
HT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Tuesday, 18 February 1975

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Frank Carrodus | 1' | Ray Graydon | 20' | Brian Little | 37' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK David Best | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Malcolm Manley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Phil Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Peter Ellis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Norman Piper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eoin Hand | 🇮🇪 |
M Ken Foggo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M George Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mick Mellows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ray Hiron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Marinello | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | RB Phil Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (W Andy Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it five unbeaten games in League football in 1975 to record fourteen wins, seven draws and eight defeats in his first twenty nine League games as Villa boss. Meanwhile, central defender Neil Rioch made his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Plymouth Argyle in May 1975. Rioch played for Villa between 1969-70 and 1974-75 making 24 appearances and scoring 3 goals.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Centre Back

1969-75 🕒 23 | 16 (7) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 5 | #539 |

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Personal Profile

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Transfer In

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Villa Career

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Played Under

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Career Summary

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Season by Season Record

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Goalkeeping Record

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Honours

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Debut

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

First Goal Date

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Loans Out

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Final Appearance

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Transfer Out

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Subsequent Clubs

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Quotes

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Biography

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CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Appearances

23

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Starts

16

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Substitute Appearances

7

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

5

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Goals Scored

3

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Assists Made

0

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Cards Received

🟨

1

🟥

0

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International Career

England

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International Record

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England

Starter

Substitute

Goals

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Matches

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

🟥 16 August 1969, Villa 0-2 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.