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Game #3247

Aston Villa

4-5-2, 13 PTS

Saturday, 13 October 1973

Bolton Wanderers

1-2

Aston Villa

Division Two

Bolton Wanderers

4-1-4, 9 PTS

Burnden Park

Attendance: 19,206

Won

6th= (+2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 37' | Ray Graydon | 49' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Vic Crowe abandons stringing four midfielders across the park, plays three up front instead and promptly secures Villa's first away win of the season to climb to joint sixth, one point off the final promotion place but already four points off leaders Middlesbrough.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 13 October 1973

⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-0, Alun Evans, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🕒 | HT Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 2-0, Alun Evans, Assist by Ray Graydon
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 2-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Whatmore
🕒 | FT Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Trevor Hockey, foul.

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa win for the second time in three games to make it four wins, five draws and two defeats in eleven League games this season.

Aston Villa

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

Bolton Wanderers

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Bolton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match-week | #11 |
Manager Game | #187 |
Saturday, 13 October 1973

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Peter Baldwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1962-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 187 | 🟩 | 88 🟨 | 51 🟥 48 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Baldwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1962-1974
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 17 March 1973, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Trevor Hockey, Alun Evans and John Gidman replace John Robson, Geoff Vowden and Sammy Morgan.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.57 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.47 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.77 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bolton Wanderers

GK Barry Siddall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Ritson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Don McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Warwick Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Waldron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Roy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Malcolm Darling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ron Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Stewart Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Alan Waldron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Neil Whatmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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