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Game #3254

Saturday, 24 November 1973

Attendance: 8,476

Lost

Division Two

3rd= (-)

Swindon Town

WWLDL

County Ground

Villa concede a last minute goal and lose for the second time in three matches as they remain 3rd but are now without a win in three, outside the promotion places on goal difference and seven points behind leaders Middlesbrough.

Swindon Town

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

HT Swindon Town 0-0 Aston Villa
46’ Sub off, Sammy Morgan, Sub on, Alun Evans
88’ Goal, 0-1, (Swindon Town), David Moss
FT Swindon Town 1-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa, without a win in three, make it seven wins, seven draws and four defeats in eighteen League games this season. Villa (Played 18, Points 21) fall back to fourth, three points off Orient (Played 18, Points 24) in the promotion places and 7 off leaders Middlesbrough (Played 18, Points 28).

Aston Villa

Swindon Town

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1968-69

FIXTURE HISTORY

Swindon Town

Previous 5 vs. Swindon: | - | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #194 |
Saturday, 24 November 1973

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Tom Reynolds, Wiltshire |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWLDL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tom Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1968-1979
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Swindon Town

None

Tom Reynolds

TEAM NEWS

Geoff Vowden and Sammy Morgan replace Alun Evans and Pat McMahon.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.22 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 32.60 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 19.88 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes |
CB Chris Nicholl |
CB Ian Ross |
RB John Gidman |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Jimmy Brown |
M Chico Hamilton |
M Trevor Hockey |
F Brian Little |
F Geoff Vowden |
F Sammy Morgan |

Swindon Town

Allen, Butler, Trollope, Hubbard, Burrows, Potter, Moss (g), Gabriel (McGovern), Syrett, Clarke, Jenkins.

Manager: Les Allen.

SUBSTITUTES

F Alun Evans for F Sammy Morgan | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Bruce Rioch
Ray Graydon

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 26 November 1973