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Game #3254

Aston Villa

7-7-4, 21 PTS

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Saturday, 24 November 1973

3rd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974
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Substitutes

🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

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

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 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-1

🟥 24 Nov 1973, Villa 0-1 Swindon, County Ground
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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

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

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Tom Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1968-1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Officials

Referee: Tom Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1968-1977

Previous 5 vs. Swindon: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 5 | 🟩 W2 (40% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(60% ) | 🟥 L2 (40% ) | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 6 | GD 0

Match Stats

Not recorded

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 194 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 53 🟥 50 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division Two

Swindon Town

4-4-10, 12 PTS

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County Ground

Attendance: 8,476

GK Jimmy Allan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Joe Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ron Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Trollope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Hubbard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M David Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Gabriel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Tommy Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dave Syrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Les Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Jimmy Gabriel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Michael McGovern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

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

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

96

96

🔥

0

1

🟩

49

🟨

26

🟥

21

40

🥅

85

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

553

552

🔥

13

23

🟩

215

🟨

122

🟥

216

CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

78

78

🔥

1

0

🟩

37

🟨

24

🟥

17

CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

80

80

🔥

1

2

🟩

36

🟨

24

🟥

20

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

24

24

🔥

0

2

🟩

11

🟨

8

🟥

5

M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

15

15

🔥

1

0

🟩

4

🟨

7

🟥

4

M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

136

121

🔥

28

26

🟩

62

🟨

37

🟥

37

M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

68

66

🔥

1

6

🟩

33

🟨

19

🟥

16

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

39

36

🔥

9

4

🟩

17

🟨

13

🟥

9

CF Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

11

7

🔥

1

1

🟩

3

🟨

4

🟥

4

CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

109

105

🔥

25

11

🟩

50

🟨

29

🟥

30

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

56

🔁

47

🔥

13

9

Sub 1

🟩

22

🟨

20

🟥

14

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • 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.

  • 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).

What they Said

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