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Game #3285

Aston Villa

0-3-0, 3 PTS

Saturday, 24 August 1974

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Drew

7th= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Norwich City

2-1-0, 5 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,297

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-1

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Norwich City

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Assists(s) | Brian Little | 52' |

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 August 1974

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich City
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Brian Little
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City), Ray Suggett
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City

🟨 | Booking, Sammy Morgan, Skirmish

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 August 1974

Ron Saunders' first home game in charge of Villa ended in a third successive one all draw as Ray Graydon scored his second in three games.

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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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

Norwich City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 24 August 1974

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🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 3 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 3 🟥 0 | 1.00

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 : A card happy official
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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🟨 🟨 🟨

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jimmy Brown makes his first start of the season in place of Frank Carrodus.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.75 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.34 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.63 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Kevin Keelan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Duncan Forbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dave Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Grapes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mel Machin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Suggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ted MacDougall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Phil Boyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Benson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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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

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, 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

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Thigh

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, 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*
Monday, 26 August 1974

Familiar frailties spoiled Ron Saunders’s first home match as Villa manager and sent one of his former clubs home with a point they did not deserve. Frailties that show in the scoreline and in the amount of work Kevin Keelan had to do. But of course anyone who expected Villa to be very different from last season was unreasonable. The team was virtually the same and when £90.000 midfield player Frank Carrodus dropped out on the morning of the match with a thigh strain all the faces were known to the Villa Park crowd. The of only players who looked like scoring were Ray Graydon, who opened the scoring with his hip, John Robson and Chris Nicholl. The two front runners, Sammy Morgan and Brian Little, managed one chance between them and Little put that wide. Graydon, who has scored two of Villa’s three goals this season, had a good shot saved by Keelan and the only other shot to match it was the one with which Colin Suggett equalised. “He didn’t do that for me,” said Saunders. Robson was impressive in midfield, breaking through several times to shoot while Nicholl used his physical advantages to good effect, going close with two or three headers. The pattern Is unlikely to change until Saunders can sign a goalscorer. In the first half Villa often played well but as Saunders said afterwards it was in bits. They used the wings well until it came to crossing the ball and even John Gidman’s dashes were wasted by inaccurate crosses. Saunders did not say what he told the team at half-time but for 20 minutes Norwich’s defensive tactics were forced upon them. Graydon scored in the 52nd minute and it seemed for a while a question of how many. But the crowd have experienced that sort of feeling before and it came as no surprise when their team lost control and Suggett scored with 15 minutes to go. In fact all the game’s statistics were accumulated in the second half. Both goals were scored and all four bookings. The referee, Kevin McNally from Ellesmere Port booked Morgan and Duncan Forbes after they clashed, Phil Boyer for a foul on Graydon and Tony Powell for time-wasting. It spoiled a good performance by Mr. McNally but his crowning moment came when, with Villa ahead, he warned a Norwich player about wasting time.
Reports

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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