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Game #3278

Aston Villa

12-14-12, 38 PTS

Tuesday, 16 April 1974

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Lost

14th= (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Blackpool

16-13-11, 45 PTS

Bloomfield Road

Attendance: 10,787

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Blackpool

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Charlie Aitken | 37' |

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 16 April 1974

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Alan Suddick
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-1, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Charlie Aitken
🕒 | HT Blackpool 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 1-2, (Blackpool), Keith Dyson
🕒 | FT Blackpool 2-1 Aston Villa

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

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 16 April 1974

  • Villa play promotion chasing Blackpool on consecutive days and have now played three games in four days and have lost twice in succession to the Seasiders leaving them needing to win their four remaining games and all their rivals - Orient, Carlisle, Blackpool and Albion to lose their last three fixtures.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa lose successive matches to Blackpool to make it twelve wins, fourteen draws and twelve defeats in thirty eight League games this season.

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

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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

Blackpool

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53

FIXTURE HISTORY

Blackpool

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Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #218 |
Tuesday, 16 April 1974

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🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🕒 218 | 🟩 | 98 🟨 | 61 🟥 59 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

REFEREE PROFILE

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

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alun Evans replaces Sammy Morgan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.92 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.98 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.28 |

Referee

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

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 Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Harry Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glyn James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Peter Suddaby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bill Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Suddick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Alan Ainscow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Micky Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Hatton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Dyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Keith Dyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M John Evanson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

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

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

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