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Game #3238

Aston Villa

2-1-0, 5 PTS

Saturday, 8 September 1973

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Won

1st= (+3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Oxford United

1-1-1, 3 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,078

🟩 8 Sep 1973, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

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Oxford United

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🟩 8 Sep 1973, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 September 1973

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Oxford United
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-0, Bruce Rioch, pen
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Trevor Hockey, Sub on, Sammy Morgan 🟢
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 2-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Oxford United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 8 Sep 1973, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 8 September 1973
  • Vic Crowe's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Villa remain unbeaten in the League this season with 🟩 two wins and 🟨 a draw to climb to joint first in the table alongside Swindon after 🕒 three games as midfielder Bruce Rioch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚽ scores one and 🔥 creates another to see off a defensive minded Oxford side.

  • Forward Sammy Morgan 🇬🇧 26 makes his debut after moving from Port Vale in August 1973 for a fee of £22,222.

  • Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it 🟩 W12 🟨 D9 🟥 L4, ⚽ 5 Goals and 🔥 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.13 games.

🟩 8 Sep 1973, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CF Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | #565 | £22,222 signing from Port Vale

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Oxford United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Oxford United
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Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #178 |
Saturday, 8 September 1973

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🟩 8 Sep 1973, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 178 | 🟩 | 86 🟨 | 47 🟥 45 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names the same line up for the third successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.36 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.39 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.80 |

Referee

🟩 8 Sep 1973, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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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

Gerry Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Oxford United

GK Roy Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Shuker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Evanson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Fleming | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Derek Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Bray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Nigel Cassisdy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 Sep 1973, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | 🟢 | for M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 60' |

SUBSTITUTES

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

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Substitutes

🟩 8 Sep 1973, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟩 8 Sep 1973, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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

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

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

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

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

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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