1973–74 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1973–74 English football season was Aston Villa's 74th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League Second Division. Under manager Vic Crowe Aston Villa won promotion and thus ended their two-year spell in the Third Division. By the end of the decade they would be firmly re-established as a First Division club. But Vic Crowe was sacked in April 1974. Ron Saunders was appointed manager in June 1974.^[1]

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

Aston Villa

1973–74 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	Vic Crowe
Stadium	Villa Park
Second Division	14th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The New Year's Day fixture saw Villa draw 0–0 with Millwall before a home crowd of 20,905 leaving Villa in 13th position.^[2] Within the month, Arsenal fall at the feet of Sammy Morgan.^[3]

There were debut appearances for Sammy Morgan (40), Trevor Hockey (24), Jake Findlay (14) and Bobby Campbell (10) and Roy Stark (2).^[4]

Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
12	Millwall	42	14	14	14	51	51	1.000	42
13	Fulham	42	16	10	16	39	43	0.907	42
14	Aston Villa	42	13	15	14	48	45	1.067	41
15	Portsmouth	42	14	12	16	45	62	0.726	40
16	Bristol City	42	14	10	18	47	54	0.870	38

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

See also

• List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics

References

1. Saunders chosen as Aston Villa's new manager, 5 June 1974, The Times, Issue: 59107
2. Spectators return on a record day for Leeds, Geoffrey Green, The Times 2 January 1974
3. Arsenal fall at the feet of Morgan as Villa rise to their history, Geoffrey Green, The Times 31 January 1974.
4. "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.