Game #3265
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 30 January 1974


Won
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
FA Cup
Arsenal
Villa Park
Attendance: 47,821
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0

Arsenal

Assist(s) | Alun Evans | 12' | Bruce Rioch | 68' |
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 30 January 1974
⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Sammy Morgan, Assist by Alun Evans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 2-0, Alun Evans, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Arsenal
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 30 January 1974
Villa dominate and beat first division Arsenal in the FA Cup fourth round replay at Villa Park as the villain of Highbury, Bob Wilson, gets his just desserts as his error costs his team the opener.
Vic Crowe's Villa, away from their League troubles, beat first division Arsenal in the FA Cup fourth round replay.
Geoff Vowden made his final appearance for Villa aged 32 before moving on to Kettering Town later this year. Vowden played for Villa between 1970-71 and 1973-74 making 114 appearances and scoring 25 goals.
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
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #30 |
Manager Game | #205 |
Wednesday, 30 January 1974
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🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴 | Treorchy, 1966–1984 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 205 | 🟩 | 93 🟨 | 58 🟥 54 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴 | Treorchy, 1966–1984 🆘
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 3
🆘 Again created an vitroilic atmosphere on the terraces having indulged Bob Wilson's play acting on Saturday, yet before long he was at it again... awarding a free kick to Arsenal as 'he' judged Cumbes had taken too many steps.
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury. 🆘
Cards: 🟨
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.12 |
Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | 32.78 |
Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 20.07 |
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974

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 | 🏴 |

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 | 🏴 |
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴 | for F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | 33' |
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Bob McNab | 🏴 | (M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |)
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
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🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

None
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 30 Jan 1974, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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