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Game #3342

Aston Villa

2-1-2, 5 PTS

Saturday, 30 August 1975

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Won

12th= (+5)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Coventry City

2-2-1, 6 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,026

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Coventry City

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🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 30 August 1975

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Coventry City
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 30 August 1975

Ron Saunders' Villa record successive wins for the first time this season to make it two wins, one draw and two defeats on their return to the top flight. As a result Villa climb to a season high of 12th.

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, 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

Coventry City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Coventry City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Coventry City

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match-week | #5 |
Manager Game | #60 |
Saturday, 30 August 1975

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🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1968-1979
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 60 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 13 🟥 12 | 1.97

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1968-1979
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 7 September 1974, Villa 3-1 Orient, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Robson replaces John Gidman in Ron Saunders' first change of the season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.19 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.35 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.78 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Coventry City

GK Bryan King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Graham Oakey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jimmy Holmes | 🇮🇪 |
LB Jim Brogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Craven | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Green | 🇺🇸 |
CF David Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, 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

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Coventry Evening Telegraph*
Saturday, 30 August 1975

Reports

🟩 30 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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