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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 April 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 April 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

🟥 20 April 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 20 April 1974

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 April 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟢 F Bobby Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Sunderland

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟥 20 April 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 April 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
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 219 | 🟩 | 98 🟨 | 61 🟥 60 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

🟥 20 April 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 20 April 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
Manager

🟥 20 April 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 April 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 20 April 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

🟥 20 April 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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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 Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 20 April 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

🟥 20 April 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 20 April 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 April 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 20 April 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 20 April 1974, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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