Game #3336
Aston Villa
24-8-9, 56 PTS
Saturday, 26 April 1975


Won
2nd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Sunderland
19-13-10, 51 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 57,266
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0

Sunderland

Assists(s) | Bobby McDonald | 84' |
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 April 1975
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sunderland
🔁 | 59' Sub off Steve Hunt, Sub on John Gidman
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Ross (pen)
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little, Assist by Bobby McDonald
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Sunderland
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
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 April 1975
Villa beat long time promotion rivals Sunderland to drop them to fourth in the table and hand promotion to Norwich - who Villa face in their final game of the season. Villa keep their fifth consecutive clean sheet and make it seven League wins in a row to leave them insurmountable in second place in the table ahead of their promotion to the top flight.
Ron Saunders' promoted Villa side have just a single defeat in eighteen League games including seven successive wins and sixteen goals without reply in the last five as they make it twenty four wins, eight draws and nine defeats in Saunders' first forty one League games as Villa boss.
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

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
Sunderland


League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #54 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 26 April 1975
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🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Arthur Hart | 🏴 | Kent, 1970-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 54 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 12 🟥 10 | 2.00
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur Hart | 🏴 | Kent, 1970-1975
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 September 1974, Villa 0-0 Southampton, The Dell.
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Steve Hunt makes his full debut in place of Chico Hamilton.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.62 |
Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 33.01 |
Youngest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 18.74 |
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
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 Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bob Stokoe | 🏴 |

Sunderland
GK Jim Montgomery | 🏴 |
RB Dick Malone | 🏴 |
CB Bobby Moncur | 🏴 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴 |
LB Ron Guthrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Joe Bolton | 🏴 |
M Bobby Kerr | 🏴 |
M Tony Towers | 🏴 |
F Rod Belfitt | 🏴 |
CF Billy Hughes | 🏴 |
CF Pop Robson | 🏴 |
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB John Gidman | 🏴 | for W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 59' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Ron Guthrie | 🏴 | (M Dennis Longhorn | 🏴 |)

🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
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
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | | 66 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
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
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | Ankle
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | Stomach muscle
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 | Hamstring
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

