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Game #3296

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 9 October 1974

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Drew

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

League Cup

Crewe Alexandra

Gresty Road

Attendance: 12,290

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

Crewe Alexandra

2-2

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Aston Villa

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🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 9 October 1974

⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Sammy Morgan
🕒 | HT Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 1-1, (Crewe Alexandra), Chris Duffey
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-1, Keith Leonard, Assist by Sammy Morgan
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 2-2, (Crewe Alexandra), Hughie Reed
🟥 | 86’ Sending off, (Crewe Alexandra), Dennis Nelson
🕒 | FT Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Ian Ross for breaking from a defensive wall
🟨 | Booking, Keith Leonard
🟨 | Booking, Sammy Morgan

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 9 October 1974

Ron Saunders' Villa can only draw with Fourth Division side Crewe in the League Cup third round necessitating a Villa Park replay.

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Crewe Alexandra

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

Aston Villa

Crewe Alexandra

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Crewe Alexandra

Previous 5 vs. Crewe: 🟩

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Wednesday, 9 October 1974

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🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishop Auckland, 1972-1986 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 14 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 6 🟥 2 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishop Auckland, 1972-1986 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Over officious refereeing ruined the spectacle
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 23 March 1974, Villa 4-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨 🟨

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🟥 🟨

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Robson, Chico Hamilton and Sammy Morgan return for Leighton Phillips, Tony Betts and Alan Little.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.59 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.46 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.76 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Melia | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Crewe Alexandra

GK Geoff Crudgington (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tommy Lowry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Phil Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Eric Snookes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Hughen Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Lugg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Wain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Chris Duffey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Albert Kinsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dennis Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Les Wain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Hugh Reed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

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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 Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Ankle
F Bobby Campbell | 🇬🇧 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 10 October 1974

Hughie Reed, the Scottish winger who started his career at West Bromwich Albion. earned his latest club a League Cup third round replay with five minutes remaining at Gresty Road last night. Reed had come on as a substitute for Les Wain only ten minutes before and his low 20 yard shot ended a sweeping move. The Fourth Division side, who beat Birmingham City in the last round will be at Villa Park next Monday. It was an astonishing end to mediocre match. A minute after the equaliser Dennis Nelson was sent off for fouling Chico Hamilton and then arguing about the decision and two minutes later Chris Duffey, Crewe’s other scorer, became the fifth player to be cautioned. Earlier referee Peter Willis, a policeman from County Durham, booked lan Ross and Villa’s two scorers Sammy Morgan and Keith Leonard. He also cautioned Crewe goalkeeper Geoff Crudgington, who used to play for Villa. That’s five booked and one sent off - it sounds fascinating but it was mostly dull. The football never matched the atmosphere generated by the 12,290 crowd and Mr. Willis was over-officious - he followed the League’s instructions, but far too closely. Morgan, back after missing three matches with a stomach injury, opened the scoring after ten minutes when Crudgington could only block Ray Graydon’s shot. The goalkeeper’s name was then taken for, of all things, hands. He caught Morgan’s chip when standing out of his area and Ross was booked for breaking too quickly from a defensive wall - both technical offences. Then Morgan upset the referee by hooking Tommy Lowry’s feet away, and the centre forward had another long lecture just before halftime. Crewe had pressed towards the end of the the first half but without suggesting that they could do anything inside the penalty area. Four minutes after the interval they altered that impression. Player-coach Albert Kinsey, whose skill had stood out throughout, crossed from the left and Duffey jumped high at the far post with Charlie Aitken but got his head to the ball with Jim Cumbes diving needlessly. For eight minutes Crewe looked as if they might kill another giant but then Hamilton’s long pass up the left was picked up by Morgan. He bustled past Phil Nicholls, tapped the ball inside and Leonard scored. Crudgington complained that Morgan had fouled Nicholls but Villa were now in control although Leonard leant on Ray Lugg to get his caution. Then came Crewe manager Jimmy Melia’s inspired substitution and the remarkable end. Meanwhile, Villa manager Ron Saunders would not comment yesterday about Oldham’s action In reporting him to the FA for remarks made after Saturday’s match. Saunders was quoted as calling Oldham’s Alan Groves a “high diver” after ViIIa full-back John Gidman had been sent off following two fouls on the winger. When Groves was told of the substance of the remarks he confronted Saunders in the Lancashire club’s guest room and yesterday the Oldham general manager, Walter Griffiths, announced that “the board had decided to report the matter to the FA.”
Reports

🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

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