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Game #3275

Saturday, 6 April 1974

Attendance: 20,709

Drew

Division Two

13th (-4)

Swindon Town

WWWWD

Villa Park

Despite being unbeaten in four with three wins Villa fall back to 13th in the table but have two to three games in hand on their rivals and sit five points off the final promotion place despite being held at home by bottom side Swindon.

Aston Villa

1-1

Swindon Town

Assist(s) | Not recorded |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

HT Aston Villa 0-0 Swindon Town
49’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little
65’ Goal, 1-1, (Swindon Town), Peter Eastoe
FT Aston Villa 1-1 Swindon Town

ON THIS DAY

Vic Crowe's Villa go five matches unbeaten to make it twelve wins, thirteen draws and ten defeats in thirty five League games this season. Meanwhile, Roy Stark made his second and final appearance for Villa before moving on to non-League football in June 1975.

Aston Villa

Swindon Town

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1968-69

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Swindon: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #215 |
Saturday, 6 April 1974

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Vic Crowe |
Referee | Gordon Kew, Buckinghamshire |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWWWD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Amersham, 1966-1977 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Swindon Town

🟨

TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.50 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 31.95 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 20.25 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Vic Crowe

Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes |
CB Roy Stark |
CB Ian Ross |
CB Fred Turnbull |
RB John Gidman |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Chico Hamilton |
M Pat McMahon |
F Brian Little |
F Sammy Morgan |
F Keith Leonard |

Swindon Town

Allen, McLoughlin, Trollope, Hubbard, Porter, Munks, Moss, Syrell, Eastoe (g), Butler, Jenkins.

Manager: Les Allen.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Alun Evans |

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, 8 April 1974