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Game #3271

Aston Villa

9-12-10, 30 PTS

Wednesday, 13 March 1974

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Won

15th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Carlisle United

14-8-10, 36 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,007

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Carlisle United

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🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 13 March 1974

⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Alun Evans, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Carlisle United
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Chico Hamilton, pen
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 2-1, (Carlisle United), Frank Clarke
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Carlisle United

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

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 13 March 1974
  • Villa end their run of four months without a home League victory with their first League win at Villa Park since the 1-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday on November 3 and score two goals In a League game for the first time since October 23. Villa achieve it with an “experimental” line up that sees Fred Turnbull and Bobby McDonald making their first second division appearances of the season.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa had now won twice in four games having failed to win in any of the previous twelve however fans stayed away in their droves in protest at the controversial Chairmanship of Herbert Douglas Ellis. As a result, Villa make it nine wins, twelve draws and ten defeats in thirty one League games this season.

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

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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

Carlisle United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Carlisle United
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Previous 5 vs. Carlisle: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #211 |
Wednesday, 13 March 1974

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🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ted Jolly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1971-1974
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

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

🕒 211 | 🟩 | 95 🟨 | 59 🟥 57 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ted Jolly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1971-1974

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Bobby McDonald and Fred Turnbull make their first appearances of the season as Brian Little is recalled to replace Charlie Aitken, Trevor Hockey and Ray Graydon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.01 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.88 |

Youngest Player |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 18.93 |

Referee

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Alan Ashman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Carlisle United

GK Allan Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Peter Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Gorman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Les O'Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Laidlaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ray Train | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bobby Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Chris Balderstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, 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

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 13 Mar 1974, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Villa Park

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