Game #3320
Aston Villa
13-6-8, 32 PTS
Saturday, 1 February 1975


Won
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Notts County
8-11-9, 27 PTS
Meadow Lane
Attendance: 16,651
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane
Notts County
1-3

Aston Villa

Assists(s) | Chico Hamilton | 30' | Charlie Aitken | 76' |
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 February 1975
🥅 | 7’ Goal, 0-1, (Notts County), Ian Scanlon
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-1, Brian Little, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🟨 | 44' Booking, Charlie Aitken, Foul
🕒 | HT Notts County 1-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 75’ Missed penalty, (Notts County), Arthur Mann
🟨 | 75’ Booking, Chris Nicholl, Foul
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 2-1, Brian Little, Assist by Charlie Aitken
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-1, Frank Carrodus
🟨 | 90' Booking, Ray Graydon, Tackle
🕒 | FT Notts County 1-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, John Robson
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
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 February 1975
Villa, seemingly transformed since the turn of the year, make it six wins in seven unbeaten games in all competitions in 1975 as they put on another strong performance at Meadow Lane to make fourth spot their own and close the gap on leaders Manchester United to eight points.
Ron Saunders' Villa make it seven unbeaten and six wins in 1975 as they rack up thirteen wins, six draws and eight defeats in his first twenty seven League games as Villa boss.
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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
Notts County


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1893-94
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 1 February 1975
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🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 38 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 | 10 🟥 8 | 1.84
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
🆘 Awarded a dubious penalty, then booked Nicholl for a non-foul "almost as an after-thought" and made three more "diabolical" bookings to Villa players.
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park. 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names the same line up for the fourth successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.11 |
Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 32.78 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴 | 19.82 |
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Aston Villa
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Jimmy Sirrell | 🏴 |

Notts County
GK Eric McManus | 🇬🇧 |
LB Bill Brindley | 🏴 |
LB Ray O'Brien | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ian Bolton | 🏴 |
CB David Needham | 🏴 |
CB Brian Stubbs | 🏴 |
M Eric Probert | 🏴 |
M Arthur Mann | 🏴 |
W Steve Carter | 🏴 |
F Ian Scanlon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Les Bradd | 🏴 |
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Jimmy Brown | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Mick Vinter | 🏴 |
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
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴 | | 30 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 4 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | Ankle
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | Eye
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | Stomach muscle
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 | Heel
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane


MATCH REPORTS
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Monday, 3 February 1975
🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane

