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Game #3340

Aston Villa

0-1-2, 1 PTS

Saturday, 23 August 1975

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Lost

18th= (-5)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Norwich City

1-1-1, 3 PTS

Carrow Road

Attendance: 21,797

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

Norwich City

5-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 51' | Leighton Phillips | 76' |

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 August 1975

🥅 | 33’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City, pen), Ted MacDougall
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-1, Ray Graydon (pen)
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 1-2, (Norwich City), Duncan Forbes
🥅 | 43’ Goal, 1-3, (Norwich City), Steve Grapes
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 1-4, (Norwich City), Ted MacDougall
🕒 | HT Norwich City 4-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 2-4, Charlie Aitken, Assist by Ray Graydon
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 3-4, Ray Graydon, Assist by Leighton Phillips
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 3-5, (Norwich City), Ted MacDougall
🕒 | FT Norwich City 5-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 August 1975

Ron Saunders' Villa lose a thriller to make it no wins, one draw and two defeats on their return to the top flight.

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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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

Norwich City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Saturday, 23 August 1975

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🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mike Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Deal, 1973-1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 3-5
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

🕒 58 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 13 🟥 12 | 1.93

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Walmer, Kent
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.86 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.33 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.63 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Kevin Keelan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Duncan Forbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick McGuire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mel Machin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Suggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Grapes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ted MacDougall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

Substitutes

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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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

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Coventry Evening Telegraph*
Saturday, 23 August 1975

ASTON VILLA, 4-1 down at half-time, staged a tremendous comeback at Carrow Road today. Norwich went ahead through a Ted MacDougall penalty but Villa replied with a Ray Graydon spot kick. Then just before half-time, Norwich lashed home three goals from Duncan Forbes, Steve Grapes and MacDougall. In the second half Villa powered back with a Charlie Aitken goal and another from Graydon but MacDougall went on to complete his hat-trick. But Villa came back and Forbes was forced to concede a corner when Leonard challenged him in the air. In the 33rd minute Norwich took a surprise lead from the penalty spot. Nicholl handled a through ball just inside the area and MacDougall scored. Two minutes after the opening goal, Villa pulled level from the penalty spot. Referee Taylor noticed pushing inside the Norwich area as Graydon took a corner kick and he immediately pointed to the spot. This time It was Graydon’s turn to hammer the ball home. Shortly before half-time, there were three goals in four minutes for Norwich. It started in the 41st minute when Forbes headed in after Sullivan’s free-kick had been hiked on Two minutes later GRAPES shot into an open goal after the Villa defence had been split wide open and then in the 44th minute McDOUGALL claimed his second goal by heading past Cumbes after Grapes crossed from the wing. (IC 11111 g NORWICH CITY 5, A "I'M pleased we won—but it's great for football," said Bond after this goal feast a. And the fans will be the first to agree, on a ground where goalscoring is often at a premium. These two teams matched the holiday weather with an f attacking spectacular. It wasn't brilliant, tactical play from start to finish but there were moments which had the crowd purring with delight. Villa, managed by ex- Norwich boss Ron Saunders, took the League Cup when the two teams met at Wembley—then ruined Canaries' promotion celebrations with a 4-1 win at the end last season. But Norwich forgot these disappointments with a storming 15-minute display at the end of the first half, that brought them three goals and drained Villa's confidence. Slack But with a 4-1 interval lead, Norwich clearly thought that it was all wrapped up. They gave Villa the chance, however, to get back into the picture with some slack moments in defence. Lack of urgency and some fatal moments of hesitation set the scene for a grandstand finish, as Villa crept up to 4-3, But as Norwich fans were biting their nails, up stepped that man Ted MacDoitgall, to score the best and last goal of the match He won a midfield duel with England man Little, then charged like a bull at the Villa defence. He twisted this way and that, confusing the Villa defenders, before crashing a low 15-yard shot in off the far post to complete a splendid hat-trick. He scored hls first from a penalty in the 24th minute, which was equalised
Reports

🟥 23 August 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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