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Game #3277

Aston Villa

12-14-11, 38 PTS

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Monday, 15 April 1974

13th= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
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:

🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | 72' |

Unused Substitutes:

None

🟨 John Gidman, Kick

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

Matchday Squad:

None

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.17 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.98 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.27 |

  • Villa play for the second time in three days and lose their first must win game of six in order to retain a chance of promotion but such is the congestion in the race that 13th placed Villa are still in the hunt as the maths changes.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the first time in seven matches to make it twelve wins, fourteen draws and eleven defeats in thirty seven League games this season.

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Lost

0-1

🟥 15 Apr 1974, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 35’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Keith Dyson.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Blackpool
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Sammy Morgan, Sub on, Alun Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Blackpool

🟨 | Booking, John Gidman, Kick

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #217 |
Monday, 15 April 1974

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Referee: Unknown

Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 217 | 🟩 | 98 🟨 | 61 🟥 58 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

119

119

🔥

0

1

🟩

56

🟨

34

🟥

29

45

🥅

109

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

575

574

🔥

13

24

🟩

221

🟨

130

🟥

224

CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

101

101

🔥

1

0

🟩

44

🟨

32

🟥

25

CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

101

101

🔥

2

2

🟩

42

🟨

31

🟥

28

CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

181

180

🔥

3

1

🟩

71

🟨

58

🟥

52

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

47

47

🔥

0

3

🟩

18

🟨

16

🟥

13

M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

142

134

🔥

29

9

🟩

64

🟨

37

🟥

41

M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

159

144

🔥

29

29

🟩

69

🟨

45

🟥

45

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

57

52

🔥

12

9

🟩

23

🟨

19

🟥

15

CF Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

27

22

🔥

9

2

🟩

10

🟨

9

🟥

8

CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

8

6

🔥

1

2

🟩

3

🟨

2

🟥

3

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

70

🔁

59

🔥

15

10

Sub 1

🟩

26

🟨

24

🟥

20

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Division Two

Blackpool

15-13-11, 43 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 18,351

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glyn James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Peter Suddaby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bill Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Suddick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Ainscow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Micky Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Hatton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Dyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Harry Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

M John Evanson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53

Matchday Squad:

Not Reported

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