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Game #3237

Aston Villa

1-1-0, 3 PTS

Saturday, 1 September 1973

Drew

4th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Millwall

Attendance: 12,009

The Den

0-1-1, 1 PTS

Millwall

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa are held at the Den in a bad tempered game littered with Millwall fouls and pettiness before the lack of spectacle is overshadowed by an assault on Villa 'keeper Jimmy Cumbes. Villa sit joint fourth in the early second division table.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 1 September 1973

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little
🕒 | HT Millwall 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 49’ Booking, John Robson, Foul
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 1-1, (Millwall), Alf Wood
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Trevor Hockey, Foul
🕒 | FT Millwall 0-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa can only draw with Millwall as the game is overshadowed by goalkeeper Jim Cumbes being hit and injured by a missile thrown from the home end.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Millwall

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Millwall

Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #177 |
Saturday, 1 September 1973

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ron Crabb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Exeter, 1970-1978 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 177 | 🟩 | 85 🟨 | 47 🟥 45 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ron Crabb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Exeter, 1970-1978 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 3
🆘 Villa, more "sinned against than sinning" were the only ones punished.
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 23 April 1973, Villa 1-1, Millwall, The Den. 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨

Millwall

None

TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.34 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.37 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.78 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Benny Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Millwall

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

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Steve Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

"I turned to pick up my cap as the referee blew for time and something hit me in the face. “I didn't know much about it. “I’m okay now but it is a pity there is always someone in the crowd to spoil it for the rest. “He was a bloody good shot. “In fact, a better shot than Millwall. “I was walking off and - bang. Just like that. “I was conscious all the time but i didn’t quite understand what was happening. “I thought at first that someone had hit me. “It’s the first time anything like this has ever happened to me and nothing was thrown at me during the game.” Jimmy Cumbes after a large lump of asphalt thrown from the crowd hit him on the forehead. --- “I did not see the incident, but I shall be making a report." Referee Ron Crabb. --- “Thanks God it wasn’t two inches lower. “It was probably just one lunatic. “Your first reaction is to want to get out there and fight everybody.” Vic Crowe.

MATCH REPORT

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