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Game #3255

Aston Villa

7-7-5, 21 PTS

Saturday, 8 December 1973

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Lost

10th (-7)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Sunderland

8-6-5, 22 PTS

Roker Park

Attendance: 20.784

🟥 8 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker

Sunderland

2-0

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 8 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 December 1973

🟨 | Booking, Chris Nicholl, Heavy tackle
🥅 | 33’ Goal, 0-1, Sunderland, Dennis Tueart
🟨 | Booking, Jimmy Brown, Dissent
🕒 | HT Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 0-2, Sunderland, Vic Halom
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Geoff Vowden, Sub on, Neil Rioch
🕒 | FT Sunderland 2-0 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

🟥 8 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 December 1973

  • Villa 🟥 lose to fellow promotion chasers Sunderland and slump to 10th in the table, winless in four, two points off the final promotion spot and now eight points behind the leaders.

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

  • Right back John Gidman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟥 8 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker

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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

Sunderland

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sunderland

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Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #195 |
Saturday, 8 December 1973

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🟥 8 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Harold Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1969-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 195 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 53 🟥 51 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Harold Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1969-1973

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

🟥 8 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alun Evans replaces Sammy Morgan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.64 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.92 |

Referee

🟥 8 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker

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 Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bob Stokoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Jim Montgomery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Malone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jack Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Joe Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Micky Horswill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Porterfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bobby Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Vic Halom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Danny Hegan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 8 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker

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 | 3 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 8 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker

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