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Game #3252

Aston Villa

7-6-3, 20 PTS

Saturday, 10 November 1973

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Lost

2nd=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Portsmouth

6-3-6, 15 PTS

Fratton Park

Attendance: 12,678

🟥 10 Nov 1973, Villa 0-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

Portsmouth

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 10 Nov 1973, Villa 0-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 November 1973

🥅 | 40’ Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Norman Piper
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 0-2, (Portsmouth), Ron Davies
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 2-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Trevor Hockey, Trip.

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

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 10 November 1973
  • Villa lose for the first time in eight league games as they concede a hugely deflected goal and a last minute strike as they chased the game. As a result of the dropped points they are in second place by Orient and are now five points behind leaders Boro. Bur after 16 games, Villa have 20 points, one fewer than in 1972-73 when they finished third in a season that only promoted the top two and the same as 1971-72 when the stormed the Third Division championship. With three teams promoted in 1973-74 Villa are still on course for a second promotion in three seasons.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the first time in seven division two matches to make it seven wins, six draws and three defeats in sixteen League games this season. Villa's defeat (Played 16, Points 20) saw Middlesbrough open up a 5 point lead at the top (Played 16, Points 25) and Orient move level with Villa (Played 16, Points 20).

🟥 10 Nov 1973, Villa 0-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

Portsmouth

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50

FIXTURE HISTORY
Portsmouth
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Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #192 |
Saturday, 10 November 1973

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🟥 10 Nov 1973, Villa 0-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1967-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 192 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 52 🟥 49 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1967-1978

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨

CARDS
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None

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

Pat McMahon replaces Ray Graydon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.53 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.55 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.85 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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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 Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Mortimore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

GK John Milkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Phil Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB John Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Alan Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Munks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Marinello | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bobby Kellard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Foggo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Norman Piper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mick Mellows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ron Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Richie Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Injury | 2 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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Reports

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