Game #3269
Aston Villa
8-12-9, 28 PTS

Wednesday, 27 February 1974
15th= (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴 |
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 1 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
Brian Little replaces Sammy Morgan.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.39 |
Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 31.85 |
Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 20.15 |
Midfielder Pat McMahon 🏴 becomes the first Villa player to ⚽ score a league goal at Villa Park in 1975 but it’s not enough to record a second successive victory as they are pegged back by Bolton in the second half.
Vic Crowe's 🏴 Villa go two games unbeaten after a torrid twelve game winless run to make it 🟩 eight wins, 🟨 twelve draws and 🟥 nine defeats in 🕒 twenty nine League games this season.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (45 Starts) to make it 🟩 W19 🟨 D17 🟥 L14, ⚽ 9 Goals and 🔥 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.33 games.

Drew
1-1
🟨 27 Feb 1974, Villa 1-1 Bolton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Pat McMahon | 33' |
Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 33' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-0, Pat McMahon, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 1-1, (Bolton Wanderers), John Byrom
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #209 |
Wednesday, 27 February 1974

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Referee: Unknown
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Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
🕒 209 | 🟩 | 94 🟨 | 59 🟥 56 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Bolton Wanderers
11-7-12, 29 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 18,952
GK Barry Siddall | 🏴 |
RB John Ritson | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Paul Jones | 🏴 |
CB Don McAllister | 🏴 |
FB Peter Nicholson | 🏴 |
M Roy Greaves | 🏴 |
W Peter Thompson | 🏴 |
F Neil Whatmore | 🏴 |
F John Byrom | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Garry Jones | 🏴 |
Jimmy Armfield | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
W Malcolm Darling | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded

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