Game #3277
Aston Villa
Monday, 15 April 1974
Lost
13th= (-)
WWDDL
Division Two
Attendance: 18,351
Blackpool
Villa Park
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.
Aston Villa
0-1
Blackpool
Assist(s) | None |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 15 April 1974
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
Cards.
Booking, John Gidman, Kick
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
Blackpool
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackpool
Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #217 |
Monday, 15 April 1974
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Vic Crowe |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWDDL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.17 |
Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 31.98 |
Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 20.27 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Vic Crowe
Aston Villa
GK Jim Cumbes |
CB Chris Nicholl |
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 |
Blackpool
Burridge (ex), Hatton, Harrison, Alcock, James, Suddaby, Burns, Suddick, Dyson (g), Bentley, Ainscow.
Manager: Harry Potts.
SUBSTITUTES
F Alun Evans for F Sammy Morgan | 72' |
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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*
Tuesday, 16 April 1974