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Game #3250

Aston Villa

6-6-2, 18 PTS

Saturday, 27 October 1973

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Won

2nd (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Nottingham Forest

4-6-4, 14 PTS

City Ground

Attendance: 17,718

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

Nottingham Forest

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Brian Little | 7' | Chris Nicholl | 58' |

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 October 1973

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Brian Little
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Duncan McKenzie
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-1, Charlie Aitken, Assist by Chris Nicholl
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Ray Graydon, Sub on, Neil Rioch
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 1-2 Aston Villa

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

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 October 1973
  • Villa record their second away win of the season as their more adventurous style on the road once again pays dividends as they climb into second place, three points behind leaders Middlesbrough.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa make it six wins, six draws and two defeats in fourteen League games this season. Unbeaten in 4, winning 3, Villa move into the promotion places (Played 14, Points 18) three points behind leaders Middlesbrough (Played 14, Points 21)

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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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

Nottingham Forest

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59

FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

League 🕒 67 | 🟩 34 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 128 | 🥅 90 |
FA Cup 🕒 8 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 10 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 0 |
Away 🕒 39 | 🟩 15 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 16 | ⚽ 59 | 🥅 66 |

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

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #190 |
Saturday, 27 October 1973

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🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1969-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 190 | 🟩 | 90 🟨 | 52 🟥 48 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1969-1976

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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None

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

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.11 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.51 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.81 |

Referee

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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 Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Allan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Jim Barron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Liam O'Kane | 🇬🇧 |
CB Bob Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Cottam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Winfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Jackson | 🇬🇧 |
M George Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Duncan McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Neil Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 89' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M George Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Paul Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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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🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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

Suspension | 1 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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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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🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 27 Oct 1973, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

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