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Game #3244

Aston Villa

2-5-2, 9 PTS

Tuesday, 2 October 1973

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

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

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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.

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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.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Fulham

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

Aston Villa

Fulham

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Fulham

Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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

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Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 184 | 🟩 | 86 🟨 | 51 🟥 47 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

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

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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

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

MANAGER

Alec Stock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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.

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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

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

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

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

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

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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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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