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Game #3298

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 16 October 1974

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Crewe Alexandra

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,007

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Crewe Alexandra

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Assists(s) | Sammy Morgan | 88' |

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 16 October 1974

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Crewe Alexandra
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Keith Leonard, Sub on, Brian Little
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 1-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Sammy Morgan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Crewe Alexandra

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 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 16 October 1974

  • Villa need a Chico Hamilton strike with 90 seconds of the game left to beat fourth division side Crewe in the League Cup third round replay.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa leave it late to beat Fourth Division side Crewe in the League Cup third round to set up a last 16 tie with Hartlepool.

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

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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

Crewe Alexandra

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Crewe Alexandra

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Previous 5 vs. Crewe: 🟩 🟨

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

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #16 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Wednesday, 16 October 1974

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🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 16 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 6 🟥 2 | 1.88

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishop Auckland, 1972-1986
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road. 🆘
Cards: None

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

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Gidman and Keith Leonard replace Neil Rioch and Leighton Phillips.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.57 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.48 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.78 |

Referee

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

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 Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Melia | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Crewe Alexandra

GK Geoff Crudgington (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tommy Lowry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Rowlands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Phil Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Kelley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Hughen Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Hugh Reed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Gerry Humphreys | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Chris Duffey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert Kinsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Albert Kinsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Dennis Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, 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

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Ankle
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

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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, 17 October 1974

Chico Hamilton saved Aston Villa the embarrassment of extra time in last night’s third round League Cup replay, scoring with only 90 seconds left. Until then Geoff Crudgington, the Fourth division side’s goalkeeper returning to Villa Park for the first time since his free transfer from Villa more than two years ago, had defied them. Crudgington was aided by Villa’s wildly inaccurate finishing in the second half but when Hamilton took the ball from Sammy Morgan’s toes and shot from 23 yards he stood little chance as the ball dipped and swerved past him. So Villa have the dubious pleasure of playing at Hartlepool in the last 16. It is hard to argue that they didn’t deserve to win last night but they almost messed it up. Crewe were on their knees by the end but until Hamilton tried his optimistic shot Villa had been unable to deliver the killing blow. Jim Cumbes, the Villa goalkeeper, did not have a shot to save and his only anxious moment was in the 89th minute when Chris Nlcholl had to push the ball for a corner as Crewe made a last unavailing effort. He can rarely have been more under-employed as he watched Villa push forward. But there was little invention in midfield and the attack splintered on Phil Nicholls and John Rowlands in the centre of Crewe’s defence. Rowlands, usually a striker but drafted in to mark Morgan, had a particularly effective game. Crudgington could only watch as shots whistled wide in the first half, but in the second he made several class saves as Villa’s attack developed a sharper cutting edge. After 61 minutes he saved brilliantly from John Robson and three minutes later capped this, arching backwards to tip Ray Graydon’s free kick over the bar. This was a particularly fine save as the ball whipped through the wall and took a deflection. With Brian Little on for Keith Leonard, Crudgington had to make another dazzling save after 71 minutes again from Robson. Then came a stop from Frank Carrodus and a dash from his penalty area to block Little’s drive. But he should have been beaten when Morgan was clear, only for the centre forward to lob the ball over both goalkeeper and the bar. Time was running out when Hamilton lobbed over the bar in the 83rd minute but then, as at St. Andrew’s the previous night, the gods smiled.
Reports

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

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