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Game #3242

Aston Villa

2-5-0, 9 PTS

Saturday, 22 September 1973

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Drew

2nd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Leyton Orient

2-4-1, 8 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,685

🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Leyton Orient

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🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 September 1973

⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Bruce Rioch, 67 seconds
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 1-1, (Orient), Ian Ross o.g.
⚽ | 36’ Goal, 2-1, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Sammy Morgan
🥅 | 38’ Goal, 2-2, (Orient), Ricky Heppolette
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Orient
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Alun Evans, Sub on, Ray Graydon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Orient

🟨 | Booking, John Robson, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Alun Evans, Charge

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 22 September 1973
  • Villa draw for the fourth successive game and fifth time in seven second division games as three goals in four first half minutes sees them pegged back after taking the lead through Bruce Rioch's blistering free kick after 67 seconds. Villa's disappointment is compounded by the petulant Alun Evans' behaviour as he leaves the field having been substituted in the second half by Vic Crowe.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa draw for the fourth successive game but remain unbeaten in the League this season with two wins and five draws. Meanwhile, a disgruntled Alun Evans is substituted on 63' and gesticulates at home fans as he leaves the field.

🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Leyton Orient

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leyton Orient
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Previous 5 vs. Orient: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #182 |
Saturday, 22 September 1973

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🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1968–1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

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Timeline
On This Day
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Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 182 | 🟩 | 86 🟨 | 51 🟥 45 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1968–1983

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 🟨

CARDS
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🟨 🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.03 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.43 |

Youngest Player |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 19.98 |

Referee

🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, 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 Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

George Petchey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leyton Orient

GK Ray Goddard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D David Payne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Phil Hoadley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Walley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Terry Brisley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Heppolette | 🇮🇳 | ⚽ |
W Derrick Downing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Barrie Fairbrother | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Mickey Bullock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gerry Queen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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RB Bobby Fisher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

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Injury | 2 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
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🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 22 Sep 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park

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