Game #3264
Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 January 1974
4th Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
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 | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
None
Alun Evans and Pat McMahon replace Trevor Hockey and Ray Graydon.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.11 |
Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | 32.77 |
Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 20.06 |
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.
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.

Drew
1-1
🟨 26 Jan 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
Scorer(s) | Sammy Morgan | 11' |
Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 11' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 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
Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #204 |
Saturday, 26 January 1974

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴 | Treorchy, 1968–1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴 | Treorchy, 1968–1983
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
🕒 204 | 🟩 | 92 🟨 | 58 🟥 54 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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FA Cup
Arsenal

Highbury
Attendance: 41,682
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 | 🏴 |
Bertie Mee | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1970–71
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded

“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.
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