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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 Aug 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 Aug 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

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

🟥 23 Aug 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 August 1975

  • Three goals in fifteen minutes at the end of the first half do for Villa at Carrow Road as they fall to joint bottom of the early first table after their promotion from the second tier.

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

🟥 23 Aug 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Norwich City

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Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🟥 23 Aug 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 Aug 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
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 58 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 13 🟥 12 | 1.93

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟥 23 Aug 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1975-1984

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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None

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

🟥 23 Aug 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

🟥 23 Aug 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 Aug 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

Not Recorded

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Substitutes

🟥 23 Aug 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

Squad Bios

🟥 23 Aug 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 Aug 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 23 Aug 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road

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

🟥 23 Aug 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 23 Aug 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 Aug 1975, Villa 3-5 Norwich, Carrow Road

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