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Game #3274

Aston Villa

12-12-10, 36 PTS

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Monday, 1 April 1974

9th= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Roy Stark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 1 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

Roy Stark replaces Chris Nicholl.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.49 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.94 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.24 |

  • Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and midfielder Pat McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 take the headlines but the often maligned 'keeper Jimmy Cumbes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 steals the show as a fine show of goalkeeping keeps Wednesday at bay to allow Villa to record their 🟩 third successive away win, their 🟩 fourth win in a row and their 🟩 fifth in 🕒 seven games under Vic Crowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.

  • Villa record 🟩 four successive wins for the first time this season since April 1972 to make it 🟩 twelve wins, 🟨 twelve draws and 🟥 ten defeats in 🕒 thirty four League games this season. 

  • Centre back Roy Stark 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 20 made his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after coming through the youth ranks to become the 566th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores a brace and 🔥 creates one to contribute his ⚽ 🔥 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 54th appearance (49 Starts) and make it 🟩 W23 🟨 D17 🟥 L14, ⚽ 11 Goals and 🔥 9 Assists at a rate of one every 2.70 games.

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Won

4-2

🟩 1 Apr 1974, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Scorer(s) | Brian Little | 5' | 87' Pat McMahon | 44' | Keith Leonard | 74' |

Assist(s) | John Gidman | 5' | Chico Hamilton | 44' | Brian Little | 74' | Pat McMahon | 87' |

Match Timeline:

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Roy Stark
⚽ | 5' Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by John Gidman
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield Wednesday) Mick Prendergast
⚽ | 44' Goal, 2-1, Pat McMahon, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 64' Goal, 2-2, (Sheffield Wednesday) Alan Thompson
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 3-2, Keith Leonard, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 4-2, Brian Little, Assist by Pat McMahon
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-4 Aston Villa

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #214 |
Monday, 1 April 1974

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Harry New | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1960-1975
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Referee: Harry New | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1960-1975

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

🟢 CB Roy Stark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #566 | Youth team promotion

Final Appearances:

None

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 214 | 🟩 | 98 🟨 | 59 🟥 57 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
116
🟩
56
🟨
2
116
🟨
32
🟥
0
0
🟥
28
1
🥅
45
106
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
572
🟩
221
🟨
6
571
🟨
128
🟥
0
13
🟥
223
24
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
98
🟩
44
🟨
2
98
🟨
30
🟥
0
1
🟥
24
0
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
178
🟩
71
🟨
2
177
🟨
56
🟥
0
3
🟥
51
1
CB Roy Stark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
1
🟩
1
🟨
0
1
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
139
🟩
64
🟨
3
131
🟨
35
🟥
0
29
🟥
40
9
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
54
🟩
23
🟨
0
49
🟨
17
🟥
0
11
🟥
14
9
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
5
🟩
3
🟨
0
3
🟨
0
🟥
0
1
🟥
2
2
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
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Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
44
🟩
18
🟨
3
44
🟨
14
🟥
0
0
🟥
12
3
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
156
🟩
69
🟨
0
141
🟨
43
🟥
0
29
🟥
44
29
CF Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
24
🟩
10
🟨
1
19
🟨
7
🟥
1
9
🟥
7
1
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
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Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
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🟥
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Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division Two

Sheffield Wednesday

10-9-18, 29 PTS

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Hillsborough

Attendance: 22,094

GK Peter Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Rodrigues | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB John Holsgrove | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernard Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Cameron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ken Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Joicey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Prendergast | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Derek Dooley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | FB Danny Cameron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (W Willie Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

None

🟨

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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