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Game #3279

Aston Villa

12-14-13, 38 PTS

Saturday, 20 April 1974

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Lost

15th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Sunderland

17-9-14, 43 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 17,321

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Sunderland

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Assist(s) | Bobby McDonald | 20' |

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 April 1974

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Jake Findlay
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-0, Pat McMahon, Assist by Bobby McDonald
🥅 | 38’ Goal, 1-1, (Sunderland), Pat McMahon o.g.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Sunderland
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Alun Evans, Sub on, Bobby Campbell 🟢
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 1-2, (Sunderland), Dave Watson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Sunderland

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

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 20 April 1974

  • Villa come into the game with promotion off the table and promptly put on a performance that culminates in a fine first half strike by Pat McMahon before familiar struggles return and Villa are beaten for the third successive game, fall to 15th in the table, nine points off the final promotion place with six points left to play for and fully 25 points behind leaders Middlesbrough.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa lose three successive matches to make it twelve wins, fourteen draws and thirteen defeats in thirty nine League games this season. Meanwhile, forward Bobby Campbell and goalkeeper Jake Findlay made their Villa debuts aged 17 and 19 after joining from school football in June 1972 and July 1970.

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #567 | Youth team promotion
🟢 F Bobby Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #568 | Youth team promotion

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

Sunderland

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sunderland

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Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

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

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #219 |
Saturday, 20 April 1974

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🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
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

🕒 219 | 🟩 | 98 🟨 | 61 🟥 60 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 3 November 1973, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Villa Park.
Cards: None

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

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jake Findlay makes his debut in goal in place of Jim Cumbes as Bobby McDonald (first start in 8) and Ray Graydon (first start in 9) replace Charlie Aitken and Keith Leonard.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.13 |

Oldest Player |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 28.60 |

Youngest Player |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 19.03 |

Referee

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Bob Stokoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Jim Montgomery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Malone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Jack Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Ron Guthrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Longhorn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Porterfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bobby Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Rod Belfitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Bobby Campbell | 🇬🇧 | 🟢 | for F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Joe Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 20 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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