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Game #3282

Aston Villa

13-15-14, 41 PTS

Friday, 3 May 1974

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Drew

14th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division Two

Leyton Orient

20-9-13, 49 PTS

Brisbane Road

Attendance: 29,766

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

Leyton Orient

1-1

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Aston Villa

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🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Friday, 3 May 1974

🕒 | HT Orient 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, pen
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 1-1, (Orient), Micky Bullock
🕒 | FT Orient 1-1 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

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

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ON THIS DAY

Friday, 3 May 1974

  • Villa end an at times wretched season.

  • Wretched luck. Wretched form. Wretched injuries and Wretched results all played their part to varying degrees and a second promotion in three seasons that had looked so inevitable evaporated into nothingness.

  • Overly defensive away football cost Villa points early in the season before dynamism was rewarded but a short-lived reign in second in the table gave way to a preposterously bad set of results in one of the most open divisions in seasons.

  • With three up three down implemented for the first time (if only it had been in place in 1972-73) the field was wide open throughout the campaign and despite Villa’s failings - they finished 14th - they were just eight points off the final promotion place come season end.

  • It was the end too for a great Villa man in Vic Crowe. 

  • Having taken the unenviable job of stabilising Villa after the mismanagement of the Ellis / Docherty era and before that the poor performance under Tommy Cummings, Crowe had delivered strong success and will forever be remembered as key in Villa’s climb to the top of Europe over the next decade.

  • As ever though Ellis needed a scapegoat and Crowe was more convenient than most given the mistakes of the season. 

  • Yet any manager and team losing their best player mid-season and not being provided with the funds to either plan for the departure or replace a player of Bruce Rioch’s calibre would struggle.

  • Ellis was once more in the black but Villa were once more facing a season in the second tier.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa end a disappointing season with just one victory in the final eight matches and make it thirteen wins, fifteen draws and fourteen defeats for the season. The results, and failure to compete for promotion, cost Vic Crowe his job as Villa boss however the disappointment of 1973-74 could not overshadow Crowe's achievements in pulling Villa out of an almost decade long decline that culminated in relegation to the third tier for the first time in their history.

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

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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

Leyton Orient

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leyton Orient

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Previous 5 vs. Orient: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #222 |
Friday, 3 May 1974

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🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
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

🕒 222 | 🟩 | 99 🟨 | 62 🟥 61 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

REFEREE PROFILE

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

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Charlie Aitken and Jimmy Brown replace Bobby McDonald and Bobby Campbell.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.20 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.03 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.45 |

Referee

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

MANAGER

Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

MANAGER

George Petchey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leyton Orient

GK Ray Goddard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bill Roffey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Phil Hoadley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Walley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ricky Heppolette | 🇮🇳 |
M Terry Brisley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Derrick Downing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Mickey Bullock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Queen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Barrie Fairbrother | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Peter Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 3 May 1974, Villa 1-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

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