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Game #3320

Aston Villa

13-6-8, 32 PTS

Saturday, 1 February 1975

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Won

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Notts County

8-11-9, 27 PTS

Meadow Lane

Attendance: 16,651

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

Notts County

1-3

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Aston Villa

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Assists(s) | Chico Hamilton | 30' | Charlie Aitken | 76' |

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

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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

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 1 February 1975

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 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Notts County

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1893-94

Aston Villa

Notts County

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Notts County

Previous 5 vs. Notts County: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 1 February 1975

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🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

MATCH SUMMARY

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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: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 38 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 | 10 🟥 8 | 1.84

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

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🟨

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jimmy Sirrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

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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

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

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

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Ankle
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Eye
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | Stomach muscle
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Heel

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I thought the bookings were diabolical. “I shall obviously have to wait and see the referee’s report but at the moment I feel inclined to appeal against them all.” Ron Saunders. “I tried to kick the ball away as it was bouncing around In the area and unfortunately caught Scanlon on the back of the ankle as he challenged. “It was not an intentional foul but the referee gave a penalty, which we all thought was extremely harsh.” Chris Nicholl.
Quotes

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

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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, 3 February 1975

Chris Nicholl, the key figure in Aston Villa’s defence, is in danger of missing the fifth round FA Cup-tie at Ipswich on February 15 unless he appeals against the booking he received at Meadow Lane. Nicholl, one of four Villa players booked by Cheshire referee Kevin McNally now has a total of 12 points and faces an automatic two-match suspension. But the Macclesfield-born centre half was as mystified as most the 17,235 crowd when McNally punished him for his 75th-minute tackle on County’s lan Scanlon. McNally pointed to the spot to give County a dubious penalty with the scores level on at 1-1 and then, almost as an afterthought. decided to book Nicholl as well. Said Nicholl afterwards: “I tried to kick the ball away as it was bouncing around In the area and unfortunately caught Scanlon on the back of the ankle as he challenged. “It was not an intentional foul but the referee gave a penalty, which we all thought was extremely harsh.” Happily for Nicholl, big Jim Cumbes saved Arthur Mann’s poorly-hit spot kick by diving brilliantly to his right and Villa then scored two goals to record their third away victory of the season. Ron Saunders, Villa’s manager, was far from pleased with the referee’s decisions and the bookings of four of his players. “I thought the bookings were diabolical,” he said. “I shall obviously have to wait and see the referee’s report but at the moment I feel inclined to appeal against them all.” The other Villa players booked: Charlie Aitken, for a tackle on Steve Carter; John Robson, for a challenge on the same player; and Ray Graydon, for a brush with full-back Ray O’Brien felt equally aggrieved about the decisions. They had every right, In my opinion, to feel upset at the judgment against them by a match official who showed several inconsistencies throughout the 90 minutes. Despite his handling of the game - he also booked O’Brien for a full-blooded tackle on Graydon - nothing could diminish Villa’s dedication to win. County, undefeated at home in the League for months, started brilliantly with Scanlon heading a superb seventh-minute goal from Eric Probert’s free kick. Les Bradd and David Needham might have added further goals as Villa’s shocked defence tried to regroup. It took a clever 30th-minute goal from Brian Little after an excellent passing movement involving lan Ross, Aitken and Chico Hamilton to bring about the equaliser. Then came the debatable ruling against Nicholl and Cumbes’s second penalty save in a fortnight before Little added his second goal after 76 minutes followed by a third from Frank Carrodus in the last minute. Villa were magnificent and, if they can continue to play with the skill and fire they displayed against County, the 300-1 odds offered against them for winning the FA Cup, League Cup and Second Division treble could be made to look very generous. --- *Birmingham Daily Post* Monday, 3 February 1975 Sammy Morgan will go back to Harley Street By RANDALL NORTHAM Sammy Morgan has to make yet another visit to Harley Street this week after breaking down in his come-back game writes RANDALL NORTHAM. Aston Villa’s Northern Ireland centre forward, whose pelvic injury has kept him inactive for three months, was told by the specialist only last week that he could start playing again. Then after 50 minutes of the A team match Leicester he had to leave the pitch having felt the injury - a separation of the sympheels pubis - once again. It is too early to assess whether this will have an effect on his challenge tor a League Cup Final place. In a sense Villa used the team game as a clinic. For as well as Morgan, two other players were testing their fitness England Under-23 full beck John Gidman and Welsh international Leighton Phillips. It was Gidman’s first full game since suffering a serious eye injury in a firework accident on Bonfire night. “1 am delighted he came through all right.” Saunders said: “We hope that Leighton has completely recovered from his Achilles tendon injury.”
Reports

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

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