Game #3258
Aston Villa
7-8-7, 22 PTS
Wednesday, 26 December 1973


Lost
14th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Division Two
West Bromwich Albion
9-8-6, 26 PTS
The Hawthorns
Attendance: 43,080
🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns
West Brom
2-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 26 December 1973
🥅 | 33’ Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Tony Brown
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 0-2, (West Bromwich Albion), Tony Brown
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booked, John Gidman.
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
🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 26 December 1973
Villa and Albion play out their 99th meeting as Vic Crowe’s side are beaten for the fifth time in seven games to leave them fourteenth in the table, six points off the final promotion place and fourteen points behind the leaders.
Vic Crowe's Villa, without a win in seven, including five losses, make it seven wins, eight draws and seven defeats in twenty two League games this season. Villa slump to 14th (Played 22, Points 22) 7 points shy of the final promotion place as Villa and Vic Crowe's season fell apart.
🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns

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
West Bromwich Albion


League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68
🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #198 |
Wednesday, 26 December 1973
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🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴 | Leicester, 1971-1975
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974
🕒 198 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 54 🟥 53 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴 | Leicester, 1971-1975
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨
CARDS

🟨 🟨
🆘 Ignored a blatant two man offence that should have resulted in an equalising penalty for Villa
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ray Graydon replaces Jimmy Brown.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.90 |
Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 31.68 |
Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 19.97 |
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MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 1970-1974

Aston Villa
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Don Howe | 🏴 |

West Bromwich Albion
GK Peter Latchford | 🏴 |
RB Gordon Nisbet | 🏴 |
D Alan Merrick | 🏴 |
D John Wile | 🏴 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴 |
LB Ray Wilson | 🏴 |
M Len Cantello | 🏴 |
M Allan Glover | 🏴 |
W Willie Johnston | 🏴 |
F David Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Tony Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Alun Evans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Lyndon Hughes | 🏴 |
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
🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
F Alun Evans | 🏴 | | 3 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns
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
🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns


MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 26 Dec 1973, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns

