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Game #3261

Aston Villa

Saturday, 5 January 1974

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

FA Cup

Chester

Villa Park

Attendance: 16,545

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-1

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Chester

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Assist(s) | Brian Little | 11' | 67' | Ray Graydon | 77' |

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 January 1974

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Brian Little
🥅 | 14’ Goal, 1-1, (Chester), John James
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Chester
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Alun Evans, Sub on, Sammy Morgan
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 2-1, Sammy Morgan, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 3-1, Sammy Morgan, Assist by Ray Graydon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Chester

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 January 1974

Vic Crowe's Villa, score as many goals in 66 minutes as they had managed in the previous nine games however the upturn in scoring form came in the FA Cup against fourth division side Chester.

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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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

Chester

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

Aston Villa

Chester

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Chester

Previous 5 vs. Chester: 🟩

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #201 |
Saturday, 5 January 1974

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🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1972-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
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

🕒 201 | 🟩 | 92 🟨 | 55 🟥 54 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1972-1981
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 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

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.12 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.70 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.00 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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 Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Ken Roberts (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Chester

GK Gren Millington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Nigel Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Chris Dunleavey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Reg Matthewson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Stewart Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Derek Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Norman Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Redfern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Terry Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | for F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Terry Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Ian Seddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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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

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.

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