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Game #3294

Aston Villa

4-4-2, 12 PTS

Wednesday, 2 October 1974

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Won

5th= (+2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Nottingham Forest

3-3-5, 9 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,357

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

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Nottingham Forest

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🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 2 October 1974

⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Keith Leonard
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 3-0, Keith Leonard
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Nottingham Forest

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

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 2 October 1974

  • Forest become the latest Villa goal victims as they are the fifth side in eight matches to concede three of more goals against Ron Saunders' side who now need to take their home form on the road to mount a strong title challenge and promotion bid.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa make it four wins, four draws and two defeats in his first ten League games as Villa boss as they sit 4th in the early second division table.

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, 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

Nottingham Forest

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59

FIXTURE HISTORY

Nottingham Forest

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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Wednesday, 2 October 1974

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🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Amersham, 1966-1977
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 12 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 5 🟥 2 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Amersham, 1966-1977
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 6 April 1974, Villa 1-1 Swindon, Villa Park. 🆘
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

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

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.27 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.44 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.74 |

Referee

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Allan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Dennis Peacock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Liam O'Kane | 🇬🇧 |
CB David Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Dave Serella | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
W Miah Dennehy | 🇮🇪 |
CF Barry Butlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Bob Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Ankle
F Bobby Campbell | 🇬🇧 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | Stomach muscle
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

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 3 October 1974

Aston Villa displayed all their First Division potential at Villa Park last night as they destroyed Nottingham Forest with a thoroughly convincing performance which augurs well for their future. Ray Graydon. the top scorer in the Football League so far, grabbed his tenth goal of the season with a stunning 22nd minute effort to send Villa through to their fourth home victory. Graydon’s spectacular goal - a marvellous solo effort - gave Villa the impetus to move into fourth position in the Second Division table. Villa were always the more powerful and alert team and the only disappointment about their victory was the sparse crowd of 20,357. Graydon, who has stated his desire to play First Division football, could now achieve his aim next season if Villa continue their impressive start to this term. Their away form still leaves a lot to be desired but I doubt whether any side will expose them at Villa Park if they can maintain their present standards. Graydon’s goal came from an lan Ross free kick, when he robbed full back Vlv Anderson and then burst through defenders Dave Serella and Liam O’Kane before unleashing a tremendous right foot shot from just outside the penalty area. Villa’s second goal, after 44 minutes, also came from a dead ball situation with Keith Leonard heading Chris Nicholl’s free kick across the goal for Hamilton to strike firmly past goalkeeper Dennis Peacock. The third goal came in the 74th minute with Peacock stranded out of his goal as Leonard headed a miskicked clearance from Martin O’Neill into the empty net. Forest were never allowed to settle and their new £120,000 centre forward signing, Barry Butlin, from Luton, seldom escaped from centre half Nicholl. Full back David Jones was booked after 52 minutes for a foul on Frank Carrodus, who once again played a superb game in midfield.
Reports

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