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Game #3270

Saturday, 2 March 1974

Attendance: 37,323

Lost

Division Two

16th (-1)

West Bromwich Albion

LLWDL

Villa Park

Villa fall back to sixteenth as they lose at home again to leave them nine points off the promotion places and another season in the second tier beckoning.

Aston Villa

1-3

West Brom

Assist(s) | None |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

20’ Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), John Wile
25’ Goal, 0-2, (West Bromwich Albion, pen), Tony Brown
26’ Goal, 1-2, Sammy Morgan
28’ Goal, 1-3, (West Bromwich Albion), Tony Brown
HT Aston Villa 1-3 West Bromwich Albion
FT Aston Villa 1-3 West Bromwich Albion

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa return to losing ways and now have just one win and seven goals in fifteen division two games to make it eight wins, twelve draws and ten defeats in thirty League games this season. Meanwhile, Trevor Hockey made his final appearance for Villa aged 30 before moving to Bradford City in June 1974. Trevor had only joined Villa in June 1973 making 24 appearances and scoring once whilst spending considerable time suspended due to his propensity to attract regular bookings under the FA disciplinary system.

Aston Villa

West Bromwich Albion

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Albion: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #210 |
Saturday, 2 March 1974

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Don Biddle, Bristol |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-3 |
Last 5 Games | LLWDL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Don Biddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1971-1979 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards:

CARDS

Villa

None

West Bromwich Albion

None

TEAM NEWS

Sammy Morgan replaces Brian Little.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.04 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 31.86 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 20.15 |

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

MANAGER

Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes |
CB Chris Nicholl |
CB Ian Ross |
RB John Gidman |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Chico Hamilton |
M Trevor Hockey |
M Pat McMahon |
W Ray Graydon |
F Sammy Morgan |
F Alun Evans |

West Bromwich Albion

Latchford, Nisbet, Wilson, Cantello, Wile (g), Robertson, Johnston, Brown (g) (g), Astle (Shaw), Merrick, Glover.

Manager: Don Howe.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Brian Little |

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 4 March 1974