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Game #3259

Aston Villa

7-8-8, 22 PTS

Saturday, 29 December 1973

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Lost

14th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Oxford United

6-7-10, 19 PTS

Manor Ground

Attendance: 10,149

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

Oxford United

2-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 December 1973

⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon
🥅 | 43’ Goal, 1-1, (Oxford United), Graham Atkinson
🕒 | HT Oxford United 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Brian Little, Sub on, Neil Rioch
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 1-2, (Oxford United), Nigel Cassidy
🕒 | FT Oxford United 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 December 1973

Vic Crowe's Villa, without a win in eight, including six losses, make it seven wins, eight draws and eight defeats in twenty three League games this season.

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Oxford United

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Oxford United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Oxford United

Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #199 |
Saturday, 29 December 1973

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🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Jack Rice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leyland, 1972-1977
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 199 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 54 🟥 54 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jack Rice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leyland, 1972-1977
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alun Evans replaces Neil Rioch.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.05 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.68 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.98 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor 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 Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gerry Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Oxford United

GK Roy Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Shuker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Evanson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Aylott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Nigel Cassisdy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Hugh Curran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M John Evanson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Ken Skeen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor 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

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor 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

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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MATCH QUOTES

"How can it be fair and right to ask any club to play six of their last eight matches away from home. "It just doesn't make sense. "We have to start all over again. “I know what has happened. Several players have gone off the boil but I am not going to name them. "The trouble is that my players have to live with a massive fear complex, a fear of losing. It showed again today." Vic Crowe.
Quotes

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 29 December 1973, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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