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Game #3300

Aston Villa

7-5-2, 19 PTS

Saturday, 26 October 1974

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Won

3rd= (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Sheffield Wednesday

2-5-9, 9 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,977

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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Sheffield Wednesday

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🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 October 1974

⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Leighton Phillips
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Tommy Craig
⚽ | 35' Goal, 2-1, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Leighton Phillips
⚽ | 43' Goal, 3-1, Ray Graydon (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Ian Ross, Sub on Brian Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday

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

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 October 1974

  • Villa score three or more goals for the fifth time in seven home League games to move to 3rd in the second division table.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa make it seven wins, five draws and two defeats in his first fourteen League games as Villa boss.

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, 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

Sheffield Wednesday

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield Wednesday

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Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 26 October 1974

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🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alan Turvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Basingstoke, 1973–1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 18 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 7 🟥 2 | 1.89

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alan Turvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Basingstoke, 1973–1978 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.95 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.51 |

Youngest Player |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.55 |

Referee

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Derek Dooley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Peter Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Rodrigues | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Holsgrove | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eric McMordie | 🇬🇧 |
M Ken Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Bobby Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Joicey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 85' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Colin Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Fred McIver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, 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

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, 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

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Ankle

Suspension | 1 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, 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, 28 October 1974

The eccentricities of referee Alan Turvey were the main points of discussion after the game, but since all the goals came from free kicks perhaps he should be thanked. Aston Villa scored two goals direct from free kicks the first a startling swerving shot from Leighton Phillips for his first goal for the club, the third a penalty to give Ray Graydon his 13th goal of the season. And the second followed another of Phillips’ cunningly accurate free kicks being headed Into the net by Chris Nicholl. Wednesday’s equaliser resulted from a lack of attention to detail by the Villa defence. The two-man “wall” was inaccurately positioned but even so Jim Cumbes should not have attempted to save Peter Rodrigues’ driven shot, for the free kick was indirect. But Cumbes blocked the ball and Tommy Craig pushed it over the line. As well as this Villa reckoned they should have had another penalty when Graydon was brought down by Ken Knighton. Graydon may have exaggerated his fall but he was certainly toppled. Strangely Mr Turvey consulted his linesman and gave a free kick to Wednesday. The reason? Gamesmanship, he said later. But what about a caution, then, and why a free kick for a dive? Why not start the game with a goal kick? All this is part of why players and spectators become frustrated. In making things hard for himself Mr Turvey had to endure the whistles and jeers of the crowd and this must have upset his concentration. But if he was bad so was the game. Villa won comfortably but only in the goal-less second half did they show any form, and then it was only glimpses. They ran hard enough but there were too few moments to enthuse about. Wednesday provided the best football with Craig’s left-footed passing being one of the few redeeming features. But their defence was flabby and their finishing Inaccurate. Not that there ever seemed any danger of Villa losing and they now have a superb home record seven games played, six wins, one draw, 20 goals for only three against. No other team in the first or second division has scored so many goals at home. The surprising fact is that there were only 23,977 people at the game.
Reports

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

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