Game #3267
Aston Villa
Saturday, 16 February 1974
Lost
5th Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
FA Cup
Attendance: 29.301
Burnley
Turf Moor
Burnley
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa lose in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Turf Moor in front of 8,000 travelling Villa fans as they are narrowly beaten by first division Burnley.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 February 1974
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), Paul Fletcher
🕒 | HT Burnley 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Burnley 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Chris Nicholl, Late tackle
🟨 | Booking, John Gidman, Late tackle
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa fall to first division Burnley in the FA Cup third round as Bruce Rioch made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Derby County for a fee of £200,000 later this month. Rioch played for Villa between 1969-70 and 1973-74 making 178 appearances and scoring 37 goals.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Burnley
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60
FIXTURE HISTORY
Burnley
Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #207 |
Saturday, 16 February 1974
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 207 | 🟩 | 93 🟨 | 58 🟥 56 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
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CARDS
Villa
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Burnley
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TEAM NEWS
Pat McMahon replaces Jimmy Brown.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.60 |
Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 31.82 |
Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 20.12 |
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Jimmy Adamson | 🏴 |
Burnley
GK Alan Stevenson | 🏴 |
RB Keith Newton | 🏴 |
CB Colin Waldron | 🏴 |
CB Jim Thomson | 🏴 |
M Geoff Nulty | 🏴 |
M Doug Collins | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Leighton James | 🏴 |
M Martin Dobson | 🏴 |
F Peter Noble | 🏴 |
CF Ray Hankin | 🏴 |
CF Paul Fletcher | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Doug Collins | 🏴 | (M Billy Ingham | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
🔴 M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"It will all be forgotten next week regardless of how well we played here.
“No one ever remembers the losers In the Cup.
"We know we were a good team because we were second In the table until the beginning of November.
”But since then things have gone wrong for us.”
Vic Crowe.
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