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Game #3338

Aston Villa

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Saturday, 16 August 1975

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Lost

15th

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Leeds United

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 46,026

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-2

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Leeds United

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Assist(s) | Not recorded

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 August 1975

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Leighton Phillips
🥅 | 26' Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United, pen), Peter Lorimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 1-2, (Leeds United), Peter Lorimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Leeds United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 16 August 1975

Ron Saunders' Villa return to the top flight after an absence of 8 years but despite an early Leighton Phillips goal lose to Leeds.

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Leeds United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74

Aston Villa

Leeds United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Saturday, 16 August 1975

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🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 56 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 12 🟥 11 | 1.98

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

None

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.84 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.32 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.61 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK David Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Paul Reaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gordon McQueen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Madeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Peter Lorimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Duncan McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Allan Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

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

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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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

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I was only following up to prevent one of Jim’s [Cumbes] big kicks.” Peter Lorimer.
Quotes

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 17 August 1975

A 46,000 CROWD acclaiming Aston Villa’s return to the First Division after eight years was stunned into disbelieving silence by the softest goal ever scored by Leeds hot-shot Peter Lorimer. Lorimer, already on the scoresheet with the equalising penalty in the first half, could hardly believe his luck when Jim Cumbes failed to gather a back-pass from Charlie Aitken. The ball trickled from the goalkeeper’s grasp and Lorimer simply stabbed the 75th minute gift over the line. “I was only following up to prevent one of Jim’s big kicks.” said an astonished Lorimer. It was a gigantic Cumbes’ kick that led to Villa taking a seventh minute lead through Leighton Phillips. Man of the match: Billy Bremner (Leeds).
Reports

🟥 16 August 1975, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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