Game #3327
Aston Villa
16-8-8, 40 PTS
Saturday, 8 March 1975


Won
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division Two
Nottingham Forest
10-10-13, 30 PTS
City Ground
Attendance: 20,205
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground
Nottingham Forest
2-3

Aston Villa

Assists(s) | Charlie Aitken | 29' | Brian Little | 42' | Keith Leonard | 67' |
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 March 1975
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), John O’Hare
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-1, Ray Graydon, Assist by Charlie Aitken
🥅 | 40’ Goal. 1-2, (Nottingham Forest), Barry Butlin
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 2-2, Ray Graydon, Assist by Brian Little
🟨 | 43’ Booking, Chico Hamilton, Tackle
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 3-2, Brian Little, Assist by Keith Leonard
🔁 | 81' Sub off, Chico Hamilton, Sub on, Leighton Phillips
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 2-3 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
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 8 March 1975
Villa beat Forest at the City Ground for their fifth away win of the season and take outright third place in the second division, six points behind leaders Manchester United with one game in and but just a single point behind second placed Sunderland who have also played a game more.
Ron Saunders' Villa make it eight unbeaten games in League football in 1975 to record sixteen wins, eight draws and eight defeats in his first thirty two League games as Villa boss.
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground

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: 1974-75
Nottingham Forest


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #45 |
Saturday, 8 March 1975
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🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Walter Johnson | 🏴 | Kendal, 1970-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 45 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 12 🟥 9 | 1.87
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Walter Johnson | 🏴 | Kendal, 1970-1978
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 31 August 1974, Villa 0-1 Bolton, Burnden Park.
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names the same line up for the third successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.21 |
Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 32.87 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴 | 19.92 |
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground
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 Ray Graydon | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |

Nottingham Forest
GK John Middleton | 🏴 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴 |
RB Liam O'Kane | 🇬🇧 |
CB David Jones | 🏴 |
M Paul Richardson | 🏴 |
M George Lyall | 🏴 |
M John McGovern | 🏴 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴 |
W John Robertson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F John O'Hare | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Barry Butlin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 81' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W John Robertson | 🏴 | (CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴 |)

🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴 | | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | Ankle
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | Eye
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | Stomach muscle
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground


MATCH REPORTS
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Monday, 10 March 1975
🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground

