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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 October 1973, Villa 2-2 Bristol City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Bristol City

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🟨 20 October 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

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

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 20 October 1973

Vic Crowe's Villa make it four wins, six draws and two defeats in twelve League games this season.

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

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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

Bristol City

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

Aston Villa

Bristol City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Bristol City

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

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Vince James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1961-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
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

🕒 188 | 🟩 | 88 🟨 | 52 🟥 48 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Vince James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1961-1974
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 3 October 1970, Villa 0-0 Brighton, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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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
Manager

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟨 20 October 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

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

🟨 20 October 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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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

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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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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