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
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
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 8 April 1974