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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

None

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

Matchday Squad:

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

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.22 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.60 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.88 |

  • 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).

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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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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: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

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

Previous 5 vs. Swindon: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 194 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 53 🟥 50 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
96
🟩
49
🟨
1
96
🟨
26
🟥
0
0
🟥
21
1
🥅
40
85
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
553
🟩
215
🟨
6
552
🟨
122
🟥
0
13
🟥
216
23
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
78
🟩
37
🟨
1
78
🟨
24
🟥
0
1
🟥
17
0
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
80
🟩
36
🟨
2
80
🟨
24
🟥
0
1
🟥
20
2
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
24
🟩
11
🟨
1
24
🟨
8
🟥
0
0
🟥
5
2
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
136
🟩
62
🟨
0
121
🟨
37
🟥
0
28
🟥
37
26
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
39
🟩
17
🟨
0
36
🟨
13
🟥
0
9
🟥
9
4
CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
109
🟩
50
🟨
0
105
🟨
29
🟥
0
25
🟥
30
11
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
15
🟩
4
🟨
4
15
🟨
7
🟥
0
1
🟥
4
0
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
68
🟩
33
🟨
5
66
🟨
19
🟥
0
1
🟥
16
6
CF Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
11
🟩
3
🟨
0
7
🟨
4
🟥
0
1
🟥
4
1
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
56
🟩
22
🟨
2
47
🟨
20
🟥
1
13
🟥
14
9
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

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

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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