top of page

Game #3332

Aston Villa

20-8-9, 48 PTS

Wednesday, 9 April 1975

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Won

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Cardiff City

9-13-16, 31 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,748

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

Villa.gif

Cardiff City

2509-2.png

Assists(s) | Chris Nicholl | 65' | Chico Hamilton | 76' |

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 9 April 1975

🔁 | 8’ Sub off, Ray Graydon, Sub on, Bobby McDonald
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Cardiff
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Chris Nicholl
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 9 April 1975

Ron Saunders' Villa now have just a single defeat in fourteen League games and three successive wins as they make it twenty wins, eight draws and nine defeats in Saunders' first thirty seven League games as Villa boss.

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75

Cardiff City

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

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

Aston Villa

Cardiff City

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Cardiff City

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Wednesday, 9 April 1975

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Villa.gif

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 50 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 12 🟥 10 | 1.92

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Villa.gif
Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Villa.gif

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Villa.gif

CARDS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

None

None

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names the same line up for the third successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.80 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.96 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.38 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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

Jimmy Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

2509-2.png

Cardiff City

GK Bill Irwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Brian Attley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Albert Larmour | 🇬🇧 |
D Freddie Pethard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Philip Dwyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Clive Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Buchanan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Johnny Vincent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Sayer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Witham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

🔁 | LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 8' |

SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

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

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

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

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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*
Thursday, 10 April 1975

Brian Little kept Aston Villa on the First Division promotion path at Villa Park last night with two superb second half goals to increase Cardiff’s relegation fears. Little, who has emerged this season as a striker of lethal ability, came to Villa’s aid just when it seemed they would never crack Cardiff’s resolute defence. His two goals, which took his tally this season. for the campaign to 17, helped Villa to jump back into third spot in the Second Division promotion race above Norwich City. Little so nearly crowned his masterful display by grabbing a hat-trick with four minutes remaining. But his first-time shot from a cross by Keith Leonard struck the crossbar with goalkeeper Bill Irwin completely beaten and bounced away for Cardiff to clear. The crowd of 32,748 rose to Little at the end in warm recognition of his non-stop efforts throughout a gripping contest. His first goal, in the 65th minute, came as a tremendous relief to the large crowd and it broke Cardiff’s brave resistance. Chico Hamilton took a corner on the his right and Chris Nicholl jumped superbly to head the ball. Little sneaked behind the defence and nodded the ball past Irwin. Eleven minutes later the 20-year-old striker scored a brilliant goal after possibly the best move seen on the ground this season. Leighton Phillips, a £90,000 transfer buy from Cardiff earlier this season, inspired the move with a through-ball to Hamilton on the left. Hamilton crossed into the penalty area and Little dived forward to head the ball into the corner of the net. It almost brought the house down. Villa, who had displayed quite a lot of nervous tension in the earlier stages, were good value for their victory. They had an early shock in the eighth minute when leading goalscorer Ray Graydon had to go off with a hamstring injury. It clearly unsettled the whole side and they took time to get back into their stride. Substitute Bobby McDonald had to play on the left wing, obviously not to his liking. He was seldom in the game in the first half and it came as no surprise the when he reverted to his more familiar midfield role after the interval. Cardiff, who are in dire danger of dropping into the Third Division, were handicapped when centre half Richie Morgan had to leave the field after 18 minutes, also with a hamstring injury, he was replaced by John Impey. Villa had made all the early running, with Hamilton heading over the bar from a right-wing cross by Carrodus after two minutes, and Little headed straight into Irwin’s arms three minutes later. Little and Hamilton were the most effective forwards and the latter was desperately unlucky not to have scored in the 24th minute when Irwin tipped his fierce left-foot drive from 20-yards the end away for a corner.
Reports

🟩 9 April 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH VIDEO

Videos
bottom of page