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Villa Matches Refereed by

Ernest Crawford

🟥 9 October 1965, Villa 0-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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Ernest Crawford

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #2858

Division One

13th (-2)

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Newcastle United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Tony Scott
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-0, (Newcastle United), Ron McGarry
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 26 Sep 1964, Villa 1-5 Liverpool, Anfield

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Ernest Crawford

Scorer(s) | Tony Hateley | 11' |

Assist(s) | Johnny MacLeod | 11' |

Game #2803

Division One

21st (-1)

Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Liverpool

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 6' Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Bobby Graham
⚽ | 11' Goal, 1-1, Tony Hateley, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🥅 | 36' Goal, 1-2, (Liverpool), Ian Callaghan
🕒 | HT Liverpool 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56' Goal, 1-3, (Liverpool), Roger Hunt
🥅 | 65' Goal, 1-4, (Liverpool), Bobby Graham
🥅 | 85' Goal, 1-5, (Liverpool), Bobby Graham
🕒 | FT Liverpool 1-5 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟨 26 Dec 1963, Villa 3-3 Wolves, Molineux

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Ernest Crawford

Scorer(s) | Dave Pountney | 68' | Vic Crowe | 75' | Tony Hateley | 90' |

Assist(s) | Charlie Aitken | 68' | Alan Deakin | 76' | Harry Burrows | 90' |

Game #2772

Division One

17th (-)

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Wolverhampton Wanderers

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965 🆘
🆘 Left fans and players of both side perplexed after a Pountney goal was disallowed for 'offside' after 22'
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Terry Wharton
🥅 | 58' Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ray Crawford
🥅 | 61' Goal, 0-3, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ray Crawford
⚽ | 68' Goal, 1-3, Dave Pountney, Assist by Charlie Aitken
⚽ | 76' Goal, 2-3, Vic Crowe, Assist by Alan Deakin
⚽ | 90' Goal, 3-3, Tony Hateley, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-3 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟥 23 May 1963, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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Ernest Crawford

Scorer(s) | Bobby Thomson | 1-1 |

Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 1-1 |

Game #2745

League Cup

Final

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Birmingham City

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F George Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 14' Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Ken Leek
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa
💥 | Player injured on field of play, Nigel Sims
🥅 | 52' Goal, 1-2, (Birmingham City), Ken Leek
💥 | Player injured on field of play, Vic Crowe
🥅 | 66' Goal, 1-3, (Birmingham City), Jimmy Bloomfield
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 3-1 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟥 28 April 1962, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

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Ernest Crawford

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #2692

Division One

8th (-2)

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Ipswich Town

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 73' Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Ray Crawford
🥅 | 77' Goal, 0-2, (Ipswich Town), Ray Crawford
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 0-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟥 18 Feb 1961, Villa 0-2 Spurs, Villa Park.

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Ernest Crawford

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #2624

FA Cup

5th Round

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Tottenham Hotspur

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), John Neal o.g.
🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Cliff Jones
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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Ernest Crawford

Scorer(s) | Bobby Thomson | 40' | 75' | Jimmy Adam | 54' | Vic Crowe | 86' |

Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 40' | 75' | Gerry Hitchens | 54' |

Game #2566

Division Two

1st (-)

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Bristol Rovers

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 40' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers
⚽ | 54' Goal, 2-0, Jimmy Adam, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 66' Goal, 2-1, (Bristol Rovers), Geoff Bradford
⚽ | 75' Goal, 3-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
⚽ | 86' Goal, 4-1, Vic Crowe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough.

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Ernest Crawford

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #2527

FA Cup

Semi Final

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Nottingham Forest

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
🥅 | 65' Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), John Quigley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Nottingham Forest

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟩 31 Jan 1959, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Villa Park

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Ernest Crawford

Scorer(s) | Billy Myerscough | 15' | Stan Lynn | 17' | Peter McParland | 87' |

Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 15' | Johnny Dixon | 17' |

Game #2519

Division One

22nd (-)

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Chelsea

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Jimmy Greaves
⚽ | 15' Goal, 1-1, Billy Myerscough, Assist by Peter McParland
⚽ | 17' Goal, 2-1, Stan Lynn, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
⚽ | 87' Goal, 3-1, Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Chelsea

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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