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Game #3236

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 25 August 1973

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Won

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Preston North End

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,861

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Preston North End

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🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 August 1973

🟢 | 1' Debut, Trevor Hockey
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Preston North End
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Geoff Vowden, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 1-0, Charlie Aitken
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 2-0, Trevor Hockey
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Preston North End

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 25 August 1973

Vic Crowe's Villa open the season with a win as midfielder Trevor Hockey makes a goalscoring debut aged 30 after moving from Norwich City in June 1973 for a fee of £38,000.

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Preston North End

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38

Aston Villa

Preston North End

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Preston North End

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #176 |
Saturday, 25 August 1973

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🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Don Biddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1971-1979 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 176 | 🟩 | 85 🟨 | 46 🟥 45 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Don Biddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1971-1979 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 "Might have had two penalties by a less indulgent referee."
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe hands a debut to Trevor Hockey

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.32 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.35 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.76 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Bobby Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Preston North End

GK Alan Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
RB John McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alex Spark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Graham Hawkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jimmy McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
LB Francis Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Dave Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Spavin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mel Holden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Neil Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Jimmy McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Stuart Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 25 August 1973, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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