Game #3266
Saturday, 2 February 1974
Attendance: 26,180
Lost
Division Two
16th (-5)
Luton Town
DDDWL
Villa Park
Villa concede a last gasp penalty to extend their winless League run to twelve games and slump to 16th in the table, 16 points off the leaders and 9 points off the relegation places.
Aston Villa
0-1
Luton Town
Assist(s) | None |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
HT Aston Villa 0-0 Luton Town
71’ Sub off, Ray Graydon, Sub on Brian Little
90’ Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town, pen), Jimmy Ryan
FT Aston Villa 0-1 Luton Town
Cards.
Booking, Ian Ross
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa, without a win in twelve second division games scoring just four goals make it seven wins, eleven draws and nine defeats in twenty seven League games this season.
Aston Villa
Luton Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Luton Town
Previous 5 vs. Luton: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #206 |
Saturday, 2 February 1974
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Harold Davey, Dorset |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | DDDWL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Harold Davey | 🏴 | Nottinghamshire, 1965-1976 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Jimmy Brown and Ray Graydon replace Geoff Vowden and Pat McMahon.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.83 |
Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 31.78 |
Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 20.08 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Vic Crowe
Aston Villa
GK Jim Cumbes |
CB Chris Nicholl |
CB Ian Ross |
RB John Gidman |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Chico Hamilton |
M Bruce Rioch |
M Jimmy Brown |
W Ray Graydon |
F Sammy Morgan |
F Alun Evans |
Luton Town
Horn, Ryan, Thomson, Shanks, Faulkner, Garner, Ryan (g), Finney, Anderson, Butlin.
Manager: Harry Haslam.
SUBSTITUTES
F Brian Little for W Ray Graydon | 71' |
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 4 February 1974