Game #3275
Aston Villa
12-13-10, 37 PTS
Saturday, 6 April 1974
Drew
13th (-4)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Division Two
Attendance: 20,709
Swindon Town
Villa Park
5-11-22, 21 PTS
Aston Villa
1-1
Swindon Town
Assist(s) | Sammy Morgan | 49' |
MATCH SUMMARY
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.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 April 1974
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Swindon Town
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Sammy Morgan
🥅 | 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
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Swindon Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1968-69
FIXTURE HISTORY
Swindon Town
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 | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴 | Amersham, 1966-1977 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 215 | 🟩 | 98 🟨 | 60 🟥 57 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴 | Amersham, 1966-1977 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
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
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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Les Allen | 🏴 |
Swindon Town
GK Jimmy Allan | 🏴 |
FB John McLaughlin | 🏴 |
RB Joe Butler | 🏴 |
CB David Munks | 🏴 |
LB John Trollope | 🏴 |
M Terry Hubbard | 🏴 |
M David Moss | 🏴 |
W Chris Porter | 🏴 |
W Tommy Jenkins | 🏴 |
CF Dave Syrett | 🏴 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Alun Evans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Will Dixon | 🏴 |
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
Injury | 1 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
Suspension | 1 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
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
🔴 CB Roy Stark | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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