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Villa Matches Refereed by

John Thacker

🟨 24 March 1973, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

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John Thacker

Scorer(s) | Pat McMahon | 47' |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3227

Division Two

4th= (+1)

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Middlesbrough

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973 🆘
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 April 1972, Villa 1-1 Mansfield, Field Mill. 🆘
Cards: None

Starting XI

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

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 1-0, Pat McMahon
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 1-1, (Middlesbrough), John Hickton
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟨 24 April 1972, Villa 1-1 Mansfield, Field Mill.

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John Thacker

Scorer(s) | Geoff Vowden | 53' |

Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 53' |

Game #3185

Division Three

1st (-)

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Mansfield Town

🟨

Referee Record

Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973 🆘
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 28 February 1970, Villa 2-4 QPR, Loftus Road.
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Mansfield Town 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🥅 | 90’+2 Goal, 1-1, (Mansfield Town), John Fairbrother
🕒 | FT Mansfield Town 1-1 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 28 February 1970, Villa 2-4 QPR, Loftus Road.

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John Thacker

Scorer(s) | Willie Anderson | 14' (pen) | Lew Chatterley | 79' |

Assists(s) | None

Game #3066

Division Two

22nd (-)

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

🟨

Queens Park Rangers

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 30 November 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane.
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 5’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Barry Bridges
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-2, (Queens Park Rangers), Rodney Marsh
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 1-2, Willie Anderson, pen
🕒 | HT Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Lionel Martin, Sub on, Pat McMahon
🟨 | 65' Booking, Brian Tiler, Tackle.
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 1-3, (Queens Park Rangers), Rodney Marsh
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 2-3, Lew Chatterley
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 2-4, (Queens Park Rangers), Barry Bridges
🕒 | FT Queens Park Rangers 4-2 Aston Villa

Substitutes

🔁 | M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 62' |

🟥 30 November 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane.

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John Thacker

Scorer(s) | John Woodward | 50' | Willie Anderson | 59' |

Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 50' | Mike Ferguson | 59' |

Game #3005

Division Two

22nd (-)

Manager: Arthur Cox (Caretaker) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southam, 1968
Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Bury

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 February 1967, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield. 🆘
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Bury), Jimmy Kerr
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 0-2, (Bury), Brian Grundy
🕒 | HT Bury 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-2, John Woodward, Assist by Brian Godfrey
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-2, Willie Anderson, Assist by Mike Ferguson
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 2-3, (Bury), Greg Farrell
🕒 | FT Bury 3-2 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 11 February 1967, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield.

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John Thacker

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #2923

Division One

19th (-)

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Liverpool

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 A woeful performance that would become, and still remains, all too common at Anfield. Thacker awards a goal despite it being offside, oh and a handball. Pitiful.
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 10 September 1966, Villa 2-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 29’ 'Goal', 1-0, (Liverpool), Gordon Milne
🕒 | HT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 79' Sub off, Charlie Aitken, Sub on, Alan Deakin
🕒 | FT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

🔁 | M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 79' |

🟩 10 September 1966, Villa 2-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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John Thacker

Scorer(s) | Johnny MacLeod | 40' | Lew Chatterley | 62' |

Assist(s) | Tony Scott | 40' | Johnny MacLeod | 62' |

Game #2900

Division One

17th (+3)

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Blackpool

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Johnny MacLeod, Assist by Tony Scott
🕒 | HT Blackpool 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 2-0, Lew Chatterley, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🕒 | FT Blackpool 0-2 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

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