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Game #3304

Aston Villa

7-5-5, 19 PTS

Saturday, 16 November 1974

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Lost

5th= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division Two

Manchester United

13-3-2, 29 PTS

Old Trafford

Attendance: 55,625

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

Manchester United

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assists(s) | Charlie Aitken | 12' |

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 November 1974

⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Charlie Aitken
🕒 | HT Manchester United 0-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 70' John Robson chests the ball away from an oncoming forward
💥 | 70' Referee Colin Seel awards penalty against Robson
🥅 | 70' Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United, pen), Gerry Daly
🥅 | 80' Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Gerry Daly
🕒 | FT Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa

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

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 16 November 1974

  • Villa 🟥 lose a third successive League game as they are beaten by leaders Manchester United who open up a seemingly unsurmountable ten point lead at the top of the table over fifth placed Villa after eighteen games. 

  • This latest 🟥 defeat though couldn’t have been more different than the previous two Villa had suffered.

  • Villa out-played the home side throughout and took a deserved lead before … you guessed it … a dodgy Old Trafford penalty changed the course of the game.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 make it 🟩 seven wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 five defeats in his 🕒 first seventeen League games as Villa boss.

  • Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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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

Manchester United

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester United

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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 16 November 1974

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🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Colin Seel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Carlisle, 1973-1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 22 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 8 🟥 5 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Colin Seel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Carlisle, 1973-1987 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

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

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Leighton Phillips replaces Bobby Campbell.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.14 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.57 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.99 |

Referee

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (ex)

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Manchester United

GK Alex Stepney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Alex Forsyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Buchan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Arnold Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Stewart Houston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Jim McCalliog | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Willie Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Stuart Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Stuart Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Ankle
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Eye
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | Stomach muscle

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH QUOTES

”I thought the ball just hit him on the shoulder. “t was never a penalty.“ Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 18 November 1974

Two tragic moments brought despair, to unlucky Aston Villa after they had out-played the Second Division pace setters for most of this crucial game. Villa, packed with skill and know-how in midfield, had controlled the first half with their swiftly moving well organised football. They grabbed a deserved lead as early as the 12th minute when Chico Hamilton was on hand to swivel and glance home the ball after Charlie Aitken had nodded Leighton Phillips’s cross into his path. Villa dominated the rest of the half. although Jimmy Cumbes was lucky to stop Stuart Pearson before United’s ace marksman limped off the field in the 31st minute to be substituted by Brian Greenhoff. Chris Nicholl, marking a memorable return to the Manchester area where he began his career, and Ian Ross never gave a lacklustre United attack a look in. Every time Hamilton or Frank Carrodus decided to run with the ball, United’s shuddering defence creaked and groaned, Alex Stepney and Arnie Sidebottom put up a worse defence than Capt. Mainwaring’s Dad’s Army. However, Villa failed to add to that lead. Phillips with room and time in United’s penalty area to pick his sport, had only the nervous Stepney to beat but he slammed his left foot drive against a post. It should have been a clincher, the goal to send United crashing to their first defeat at Old Trafford of the season. Because, even with their deep and magnificent resources surely they could not have lifted themselves to pull back two goals. Villa, understandably, did not look too despondent about Phillips’ miss. Had they not out-smarted United, wrecked their defence, contained their goal happy attack? Yes, they had. And the mystery was what brought about the second half transformation with which United raised themselves and shattered Villa. From the moment that tumultuous second half began, United roared on by their biggest crowd of the season - over 55,000 - pounded away at the Villa defence. Always at the heart of this was little Lou Macari who covered every inch of the ground as he spurred his colleagues onwards. Within the first ten minutes following half time, Macari twice missed from good positions, the best being when he stormed past motionless defenders to head a centre wide. Then came Villa’s second moment of misery, one which led to some after the match controversy, United’s Alex Forsyth, an eager and ready attacker, exposed Villa with a high curling centre that neither Nicholl or Cumbes could reach. John Robson tried to chest the ball down and away from an oncoming United forward but to his amazement referee Mr, Collin Seel pointed to the penalty spot. Daly hit United’s equaliser with this seventh penalty conversion of the season and went on to score the winner later. Afterwards Villa manager Ron Saunders said about the incident :”I thought the ball just hit him on the shoulder and it was never a penalty.“
Reports

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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