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Game #3248

Aston Villa

4-6-2, 14 PTS

Saturday, 20 October 1973

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Drew

4th= (+2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Bristol City

6-3-3, 15 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,918

🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Bristol City

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🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 October 1973

⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by John Gidman
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 1-1, (Bristol City), Keith Fear
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 1-2, (Bristol City), Tom Ritchie
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Bristol City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Geoff Vowden, Sub on, Sammy Morgan
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 2-2, Ray Graydon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Bristol City

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

🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 October 1973
  • Two Jimmy Cumbes’🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  errors hand the opposition a first half advantage before a second half equaliser from winger Ray Graydon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 helps Villa to joint fourth - one point and one place of the final promotion position.

  • Vic Crowe's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 six draws and 🟥 two defeats in 🕒 twelve League games this season.

  • Right back John Gidman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 🔥 first assist s in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 18th appearance.

🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, 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

Bristol City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Bristol City
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Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

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

🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #188 |
Saturday, 20 October 1973

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🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Vince James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1963-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

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

🕒 188 | 🟩 | 88 🟨 | 52 🟥 48 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Vince James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1963-1973

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

🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Geoff Vowden replaces Bruce Rioch,

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.17 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.50 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.79 |

Referee

🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, Villa Park

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Alan Dicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol City

GK Len Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Brian Drysdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Collier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Geoff Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Keith Fear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Bobby Gould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | for F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, 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

Squad Bios

🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
“I thought Jim (Cumbes) showed tremendous character and courage especially in the second half when he had to go out and face the Holte End crowd.” Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 20 Oct 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, Villa Park

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