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Game #3260

Aston Villa

7-9-8, 23 PTS

Tuesday, 1 January 1974

Aston Villa

0-0

Millwall

Division Two

Millwall

7-7-10, 21 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,905

Drew

13th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa, winless in nine, with just three points and three goals from those matches are held to a goalless draw by fellow strugglers Millwall and relegation is linked with Vic Crowe’s side after the first game of 1974. Villa though they have climbed a place to joint 13th in the table are now seven points off the final promotion place and just six off the final relegation place.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 1 January 1974

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Millwall
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Millwall

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa, without a win in nine scoring just three goals secure a goal-less draw to make it seven wins, nine draws and eight defeats in twenty four League games this season.

Aston Villa

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

Millwall

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Millwall

Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #200 |
Tuesday, 1 January 1974

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 200 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 55 🟥 54 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977 🆘
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
🆘 Terrible offside call in injury time robbed Villa of the winner.
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 27 September 1972, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Jimmy Brown replaces Trevor Hockey.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.11 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.69 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.99 |

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 Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Benny Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Millwall

GK Bryan King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dave Donaldson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Eddie Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Alan Dorney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Barry Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Doug Allder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Frank Saul | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gordon Bolland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Mike Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

“I could not have asked for anything more from my players." Vic Crowe. “If that that one had gone in, I would have walked off there and then and never kicked another football.” Ian Ross on Millwall’s first shot of the game on 83’ hitting the bar.

MATCH REPORT

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