Game #3244

Aston Villa

2-5-2, 9 PTS

Tuesday, 2 October 1973

Lost

8th= (-3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Fulham

4-4-1, 12 PTS

Craven Cottage

Attendance: 11,776

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

Fulham

1-0

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 2 October 1973

🟨 | 17’ Booking, John Robson, Foul
🕒 | HT Fulham 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 0-1, John Mitchell
🕒 | FT Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 2 October 1973

Vic Crowe's Villa lose successive games to make it two wins, five draws and two defeats in nine League games this season. Successive defeats for the first time since March leave Villa languishing in 10th place in Division Two (Played 9, Points 9), 3 points off the promotion places occupied by Fulham (Played 9, Points 12) and Middlesbrough (Played 9, Points 13)

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 29 September 1973, Villa 0-2 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 6 October 1973, Villa 5-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

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

Fulham

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Fulham

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Fulham

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟨 19 September 1973, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Villa Park.

Fulham

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 2 November 1974, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #184 |
Tuesday, 2 October 1973

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

MATCH SUMMARY

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

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Matches

Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 184 | 🟩 | 86 🟨 | 51 🟥 47 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Unknown

CARDS

🟨

None

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.68 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.45 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.87 |

Referee

Manager

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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 Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alec Stock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Fulham

GK Peter Mellor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Cutbush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Went | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Alan Mullery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Slough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Lacy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Viv Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Viv Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF John Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

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

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

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

FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

	Unused
W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	6

Squad Bios

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

MATCH QUOTES

“Five goals from Aston Villa is not so much a rarity as a miracle these days and when they come with such ease and conviction the real surprise is that it does not happen more often.”

Quotes

🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 2 October 1973, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage.

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