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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 |

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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

Villa

🟨

Blackpool

🟨

Unknown

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Tuesday, 16 April 1974