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Game #3264

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 January 1974

Drew

4th Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

FA Cup

Attendance: 41,682

Arsenal

Highbury

Arsenal

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 11' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Bob Wilson's "rank professionalism" gets Villa's Sammy Morgan booked and sent off at Highbury to allow first division Arsenal to secure an underserved FA Cup fourth round replay as Clive Thomas puts in another highly questionable performance.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 January 1974

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Sammy Morgan, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Sammy Morgan, Foul
🟥 | 63’ Sending off, Sammy Morgan
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Ray Kennedy
🟨 | 71’ Booking, Alun Evans, Dissent
🕒 | FT Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Jimmy Cumbes, Timewasting

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa, earn a creditable draw at first division Arsenal in the FA Cup fourth round despite being reduced to ten men after Sammy Morgan's 63' sending off.

Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1970–71

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #204 |
Saturday, 26 January 1974

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 204 | 🟩 | 92 🟨 | 58 🟥 54 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984 🆘
🆘 There is no game, no occasion, the self-importance of Thomas could not spoil. Needless yellow cards, a sending off and penalty for non-fouls yet still he strutted like a peacock whilst the terrances erupted into violence because of his behaviour. A shameful performance from a shameless referee.
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Clive Thomas

CARDS

Villa

🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Arsenal

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TEAM NEWS

Alun Evans and Pat McMahon replace Trevor Hockey and Ray Graydon.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.11 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.77 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.06 |

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 Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🟥 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Bertie Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Bob Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
RB Peter Storey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jeff Blockley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bob McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ray Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Radford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

None

UNAVAILABLE

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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“I shall be reporting them [Vic Crowe and Ron Wylie] for encroaching on the pitch when Morgan was sent off.”

Clive Thomas.

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“If we are reported it can only be foe grabbing Morgan and pulling him off the pitch.”

Ron Wylie.

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“I pass judgement on Thomas and find him guilty of worsening an explosive situation by his weak handling of the game.

“And I believe he was totally wrong to send off Morgan for kicking the ball as Arsenal ‘keeper Wilson dived to save.”

Sam Bartram, The Sunday People.

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“I will appeal.

“It was a 50-50 ball and I think Wilson lost his cool.”

Sammy Morgan.

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“Wilson made a meal of it.

“I will obviously want to see what the referee’s report says concerning this controversial FA Cup tie.

“But at this time I feel that we must appeal and fight against every decision that was given against us in this game.

“I don’t know about encroaching on the pitch.

“All Ron Wylie and I were trying to do was to get Sammy off the field as peaceably as possible to allow the game to continue.

“Neither Ron nor I said anything to the referee at that stage so I fail to see why he should report us to the FA for trying to cool everything.

“Morgan will definitely play against Arsenal on Wednesday.

“We will obviously appeal against his dismissal.

“And, I think we will appeal against all the cautions against us involving Cumbes, Evans and Morgan again.

“We have no alternative.

“If Wilson was concussed, how on earth did he manager to save Bruce Rioch’s 76th minute free kick and also Alun Evans’ follow up?

“Wilson made a meal of it, and, don’t forget, it was his wild antics which were responsible for Morgan being booked four minutes before his dismissal.”

Vic Crowe.

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“I don’t remember anything.”

Bob Wilson.

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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