top of page

Game #3331

Aston Villa

19-8-9, 46 PTS

Tuesday, 1 April 1975

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Won

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Millwall

10-10-18, 30 PTS

The Den

Attendance: 13,115

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

Millwall

1-3

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

2509-2.png

Assists(s) | Bobby McDonald | 77' | Chico Hamilton | 89' |

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 1 April 1975

🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Millwall), Doug Allder
💥 | 44’ Missed penalty, Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-1, Chico Hamilton (pen), Retaken penalty
🕒 | HT Millwall 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Ray Graydon, Sub on, Keith Leonard
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 2-1, Keith Leonard, Assist by Bobby McDonald
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-1, Brian Little, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Millwall 1-3 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

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

Villa.gif

ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 1 April 1975

  • Villa make it successive wins and have now won nine League games and drawn two in twelve second division games in 1975 to make third place their own and a point behind second placed Sunderland with two games in hand.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa now have just a single defeat in thirteen League games and two successive wins as they make it nineteen wins, eight draws and nine defeats in Saunders' first thirty six League games as Villa boss.

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

Villa.gif

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

Millwall

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Millwall

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

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

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Tuesday, 1 April 1975

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alex Lees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bridgwater, 1972-1978
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Villa.gif

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 49 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 12 🟥 10 | 1.90

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

Villa.gif

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alex Lees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bridgwater, 1972-1978
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

Villa.gif

None

CARDS

2509-2.png

🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

Villa.gif

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.78 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.94 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.36 |

Referee

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Gordon Jago | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

2509-2.png

Millwall

GK Bryan King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Barry Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Hazell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dennis Burnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jon Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Frank Saul | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Doug Allder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gordon Bolland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

🔁 | LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | for W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 73' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Mike Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Gordon Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

2509-2.png
Substitutes

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

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

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

SQUAD STATS

Villa.gif

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

2509-2.png

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Injury | 2 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Ankle
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | Stomach muscle

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg
Tables & Programmes

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH QUOTES

“We didn’t play well, but I was tremendously impressed with the way the team fought after giving away a rather silly goal. “We were clearly the better side in the second half. “The injury to Graydon upset us but I am hoping that it is not too serious.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

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)

Opens in New Window

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Wednesday, 2 April 1975

Aston Villa kept up their drive for promotion at Millwall last night, recording a hard-earned first League victory in London for three seasons. Two second-half goals from Keith Leonard and Brian Little destroyed the challenge of relegation-threatened Millwall to give Villa a rather flattering win. They were clearly the better side, but for long periods they displayed promotion jitters as their opponents ran and fought for every ball. Their victory could not have come at a more opportune time, however, for Blackpool and Bristol City, two of their rivals in a fiercely fought race for the First Division, drew their matches last night. Leonard, who has been in devastating form this year, ended Villa’s worries in the 77th minute when he steered a right-wing corner from substitute Bobby McDonald into the net at the near post. It was his tenth goal of the season and his teammates mobbed him as he ran back to the centre circle with his arms outstretched. Little later confirmed Villa’s supremacy when he cleverly ran on to a through pass from Chico Hamilton with one minute to go and chipped the ball over goalkeeper Bryan King’s head. Villa had been shaken out of their stride in the 15th minute when Millwall, who are third from bottom in the Second Division took a shock lead. Frank Carrodus was adjudged to have fouled Doug Allder just outside the penalty area and from the free kick, which Allder took, Dennis Burnett emerged unmarked to head them in front. The goal was against the run of play for the Football League leading scorer, Ray Graydon, turned creator to carve two openings for Leonard and another for Little which were squandered in the opening ten minutes. Villa lost a lot of their composure and control after this goal as Millwall attempted to sneak another goal. But in the 44th minute Villa were awarded a penalty when centre half Barry Kitchener handled the ball as Little attempted to connect with a centre from Hamilton. King saved Hamilton’s first spot kick but referee Alex Lees from Bridgwater ordered the kick to be taken again, ruling that the goalkeeper had moved. King made a vehement protest and had his name taken before Hamilton pushed his second kick to the right of the goalkeeper’s diving body. Villa began to show more of their recent form after the restart but they found it hard going against a packed Millwall defence. Graydon had to be substituted in the 73rd minute with a thigh injury and McDonald came on in his place and with his first kick supplied Leonard’s goal. After that there was only one team in the contest. Afterwards Ron Saunders, Villa’s manager, said: “We didn’t play well, but I was tremendously impressed with the way the team fought after giving away a rather silly goal. “We were clearly the better side in the second half. The injury to Graydon upset us but I am hoping that it is not too serious.”
Reports

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH VIDEO

Videos
bottom of page