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Game #3275

Aston Villa

12-13-10, 37 PTS

Saturday, 6 April 1974

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Drew

13th (-4)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Swindon Town

5-11-22, 21 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,709

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Swindon Town

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Assist(s) | Sammy Morgan | 49' |

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 6 April 1974

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Swindon Town
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Sammy Morgan
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 1-1, (Swindon Town), Peter Eastoe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Swindon Town

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

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 6 April 1974

  • Vic Crowe's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Villa go five matches unbeaten to make it 🟩 twelve wins, 🟨 thirteen draws and 🟥 ten defeats in 🕒 thirty five League games this season. 

  • Yet Villa fall back to 13th in the table as they have two to three games in hand on their rivals whilst sitting five points off the final promotion place.

  • Centre back Roy Stark 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 second and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to non-League football in June 1975.

  • Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th start in a Villa shirt.

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Roy Stark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 🔁 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #566 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Swindon Town

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1968-69

FIXTURE HISTORY

Swindon Town

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Previous 5 vs. Swindon: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #215 |
Saturday, 6 April 1974

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🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Amersham, 1966-1977 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 215 | 🟩 | 98 🟨 | 60 🟥 57 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Amersham, 1966-1977 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 27 March 1973, Villa 0-3 Bristol City, Ashton Gate. 🆘
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Crowe names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.50 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.95 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.25 |

Referee

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Stark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Les Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Swindon Town

GK Jimmy Allan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Joe Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Munks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Trollope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Hubbard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M David Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Chris Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dave Syrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Will Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, 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

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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

Suspension | 1 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 6 Apr 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park

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