Game #3256
Aston Villa
7-7-6, 21 PTS
Saturday, 15 December 1973
Lost
12th= (-2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division Two
Luton Town
11-5-4, 27 PTS
Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 10,020
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
Luton Town
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 December 1973
🟨 | 25’ Booking, Pat McMahon.
🕒 | HT Luton Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Peter Anderson
🕒 | FT Luton Town 1-0 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
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 December 1973
As Charlie Aitken makes his 478th League appearance - to equal Billy Walker’s record - Villa lose for third successive game and are winless in three, five points off the final promotion place and twelve points off the leaders as they fall to twelfth in the table.
Vic Crowe's Villa, lose three successive games for the first time this season and are without a win in five, losing four to make it seven wins, seven draws and six defeats in twenty League games this season. Having Played 20, Points 21 Villa comprehensively fell out of the promotion places for 1973-74 with little sign of likely revival. Sitting in 12th place having been 2nd just weeks earlier, Villa were now six points behind Luton Town in the final promotion spot (Played 20, Points 27) and twelve behind leaders Middlesbrough (Played 21, Points 33)
Meanwhile, Villa left back, Charlie Aitken, made his 478th League appearance for Villa - equalling Billy Walker's record.
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
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
Luton Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #196 |
Saturday, 15 December 1973
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🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴 | Guildford, 1969-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
🕒 196 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 53 🟥 52 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair | 🏴 | Guildford, 1969-1975
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Bruce Rioch and Pat McMahon replace Geoff Vowden and Alun Evans.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.81 |
Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 31.65 |
Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 19.94 |
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
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 | 🏴 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Harry Haslam | 🏴 |
Luton Town
GK Graham Horn | 🏴 |
RB Don Shanks | 🏴 |
RB John Ryan | 🏴 |
CB Alan Garner | 🏴 |
D John Faulkner | 🏴 |
LB Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
M Peter Anderson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Alan West | 🏴 |
W John Aston | 🏴 |
F Rod Fern | 🏴 |
CF Barry Butlin | 🏴 |
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Jimmy Ryan | 🏴 |
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
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 15 Dec 1973, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road