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Game #3313

Aston Villa

10-6-8, 26 PTS

Saturday, 28 December 1974

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Lost

7th= (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Cardiff City

6-8-10, 20 PTS

Ninian Park

Attendance: 11,040

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

Cardiff City

3-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 December 1974

🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Derek Showers
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-2, (Cardiff City), John Buchanan
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 0-3, (Cardiff City), Jack Witham
🕒 | HT Cardiff City 3-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 1-3, Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Cardiff City 3-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 December 1974

  • Three goals down at half time, Villa lose for the third time in five games and five out of their last six games with a desperate improvement in form needed in 1975 after a poor November and December had derailed their promotion challenge.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa collapse to defeat again to make it ten wins, six draws and eight defeats in his first twenty four League games as Villa boss. 

  • Meanwhile, Jimmy Brown made his final appearance for Villa aged 21 before moving on to Preston North End in October 1975. Jimmy played for Villa between 1969-70 and 1974-75 making 87 appearances and scoring once.

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1969-75 | 🕒 88 | 84 (4) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 8 | 🇺 31 | #541 |

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Cardiff City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1926-27

Aston Villa

Cardiff City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Cardiff City

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 28 December 1974

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🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1973-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
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

🕒 31 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 9 🟥 8 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1973-1983
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jimmy Brown and Keith Leonard replace Bobby Campbell and Frank Carrodus.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.13 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.68 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.10 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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 Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

GK Bill Irwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Albert Larmour | 🇬🇧 |
D Philip Dwyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Freddie Pethard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Buchanan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tony Villars | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Willie Anderson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Derek Showers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jack Witham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 60' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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D John Impey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian 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

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian 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

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Ankle
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Eye
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | Stomach muscle
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Knee

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“That was three goals from three set pieces, "We were diabolical, pathetic and didn’t play until the second half. “[Our away form is] bloody monotonous.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian 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, 30 December 1974

It never rains but it pours. Jimmy Cumbes, the Aston Villa goalkeeper, already short on confidence, made another howler at Cardiff, aided and abetted by two colleagues. Cumbes, who dropped in a goal at The Hawthorns last week, let go of John Buchanan’s free kick after 74 seconds and Derek Showers scored Cardiff’s first goal in five games. Cumbes thought he had been pushed in the back as he reached and held the ball and the referee, Clive White. of Harrow, agreed but pointed out that it was a Villa player. “Nicholl and John Robson went up with me and the ref said one of them went into me.” said Cumbes, who as a goalkeeper, was at a disadvantage on a swirling, rainy day. He lost another cross In the sixth minute. Showers shooting wide, and there was a horrible moment when an Intended clearance by Ray Graydon turned into an up-and-under which Cumbes misfielded. Cardiff, bucked-up by their early goal, tore at Villa for the remainder of the half and Cumbes believes Villa were lucky to be only 3-0 down at the interval to further goals from Buchanan and Jack Whitham. Cardiff’s tactics were simple: thump high balls into the Villa goal area and wait for the wind to get up to its tricks. Buchanan, a 22-year-old Scot exchanged with Northampton for John Farrington, collated strength of shot with hard running and did more than most to upset Villa. His goal, from a 25 yard direct free kick, was deflected by lan Ross at the end of Villa’s defensive wall, the Villa manager, Ron Saunders, revealed afterwards, and so no blame could be attached to Cumbes there. He was sadly let down by his defence on the third goal too. Buchanan again floated a free kick and Phil Dwyer headed on for Whitham to score, just like they do in training. Saunders wasn’t slow to make the point: “That was three goals from three set pieces,” he said. "We were diabolical, pathetic and didn’t play until the second half.” Sounds familiar? Saunders used the same words when Villa went down 3-1 at Fulham and now they have lost five out of six away games. Chico Hamilton’s second half goal was as much a gift as Shower’s, Bill Irwin. the Cardiff goalkeeper catching Hamilton’s centre and then throwing it over the line before, belatedly, trying to spoil it all and punch clear. Saunders said Villa’s away form is “bloody monotonous.” Monotonous and wasteful.
Reports

🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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