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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 Aug 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Coventry City

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🟩 30 Aug 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

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

🟩 30 Aug 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 30 August 1975

  • Villa make it successive top flight wins as Coventry are beaten at Villa Park thanks to Ray Graydon's third of the season.

  • 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 Aug 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

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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

Coventry City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Coventry City

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Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🟩 30 Aug 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 Aug 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
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 60 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 13 🟥 12 | 1.97

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 30 Aug 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

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

🟩 30 Aug 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

🟩 30 Aug 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 Aug 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 30 Aug 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

Squad Bios

🟩 30 Aug 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 Aug 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 30 Aug 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 Aug 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 30 Aug 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Coventry Evening Telegraph*
Saturday, 30 August 1975

Reports

🟩 30 Aug 1975, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

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