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Game #3264

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 January 1974

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Drew

4th Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

FA Cup

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 41,682

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

Arsenal

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 11' |

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 January 1974

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Sammy Morgan, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Sammy Morgan, Foul
🟥 | 63’ Sending off, Sammy Morgan
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Ray Kennedy
🟨 | 71’ Booking, Alun Evans, Dissent
🕒 | FT Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Jimmy Cumbes, Timewasting

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 January 1974

Vic Crowe's Villa, earn a creditable draw at first division Arsenal in the FA Cup fourth round despite being reduced to ten men after Sammy Morgan's 63' sending off.

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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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

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1970–71

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #204 |
Saturday, 26 January 1974

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🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 204 | 🟩 | 92 🟨 | 58 🟥 54 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984 🆘
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 2
🆘 There is no game, no occasion, the self-importance of Thomas could not spoil. Needless yellow cards, a sending off and penalty for non-fouls yet still he strutted like a peacock whilst the terrances erupted into violence because of his behaviour. A shameful performance from a shameless referee.
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 22 September 1973, Villa 2-2 Orient, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

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🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alun Evans and Pat McMahon replace Trevor Hockey and Ray Graydon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.11 |

Oldest Player |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.77 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.06 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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 Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🟥 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Bertie Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Bob Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
RB Peter Storey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jeff Blockley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bob McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ray Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Radford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |

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 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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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

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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None

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I shall be reporting them [Vic Crowe and Ron Wylie] for encroaching on the pitch when Morgan was sent off.” Clive Thomas. --- “If we are reported it can only be foe grabbing Morgan and pulling him off the pitch.” Ron Wylie. --- “I pass judgement on Thomas and find him guilty of worsening an explosive situation by his weak handling of the game. “And I believe he was totally wrong to send off Morgan for kicking the ball as Arsenal ‘keeper Wilson dived to save.” Sam Bartram, The Sunday People. --- “I will appeal. “It was a 50-50 ball and I think Wilson lost his cool.” Sammy Morgan. --- “Wilson made a meal of it. “I will obviously want to see what the referee’s report says concerning this controversial FA Cup tie. “But at this time I feel that we must appeal and fight against every decision that was given against us in this game. “I don’t know about encroaching on the pitch. “All Ron Wylie and I were trying to do was to get Sammy off the field as peaceably as possible to allow the game to continue. “Neither Ron nor I said anything to the referee at that stage so I fail to see why he should report us to the FA for trying to cool everything. “Morgan will definitely play against Arsenal on Wednesday. “We will obviously appeal against his dismissal. “And, I think we will appeal against all the cautions against us involving Cumbes, Evans and Morgan again. “We have no alternative. “If Wilson was concussed, how on earth did he manager to save Bruce Rioch’s 76th minute free kick and also Alun Evans’ follow up? “Wilson made a meal of it, and, don’t forget, it was his wild antics which were responsible for Morgan being booked four minutes before his dismissal.” Vic Crowe. --- “I don’t remember anything.” Bob Wilson.
Quotes

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 26 January 1974, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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