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Game #3258

Aston Villa

7-8-7, 22 PTS

Wednesday, 26 December 1973

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

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

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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

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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

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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

West Bromwich Albion

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY
West Bromwich Albion
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Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

West Bromwich Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH
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West Bromwich Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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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: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

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

🕒 198 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 54 🟥 53 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gordon Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1971-1975

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨

CARDS
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🟨 🟨

🆘 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

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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 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

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

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

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

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

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Injury | 2 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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