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Game #3344

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 10 September 1975

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Oldham Athletic

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,041

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

Aston Villa (Holders)

2-0

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Oldham Athletic

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Assist(s) | Brian Little | 63' | Ray Graydon | 76' |

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 10 September 1975

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Oldham Athletic
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 1-0, Keith Leonard, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 2-0, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Ray Graydon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Oldham Athletic

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

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 10 September 1975

  • Villa beat their league rivals from division two in the second round of the League Cup thanks to goals from Keith Leonard and Chris Nicholl. Leonard scored his third of the season just as the crowd were demanding the youngsters removal.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa squeeze past division two Oldham in the League Cup.

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, 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

Oldham Athletic

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Oldham Athletic

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Previous 5 vs. Oldham: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Wednesday, 10 September 1975

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🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 62 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 | 13 🟥 13 | 1.95

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

REFEREE PROFILE

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

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.22 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.38 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.81 |

Referee

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, 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

Jimmy Frizzell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Oldham Athletic

GK Chris Ogden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jim Branagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D David Holt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Keith Hicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Maurice Whittle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Robins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W George McVitie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, 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

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 11 September 1975

Aston Villa, the League Cup holders, made heavy weather of defending their trophy at Villa Park last night but late goals from Keith Leonard and Chris Nicholl pushed them into the third round. The first came in the 63rd minute in front of the Holte End, and only seconds after the supporters on that part of the ground had called for Leonard’s withdrawal. Chico Hamilton’s pass to Brian Little on the left started the move. Little’s cross isolated Leonard and David Holt six yards from goal and with Keith Ogden deciding to stay on his line Leonard was able to chest the ball down and hook it into the net. The Holte Enders stopped chanting for Sammy Morgan. Nicholl’s goal arrived 13 minutes later. Ogden made his third astonishing save to push Little’s shot for a corner but when Hamilton pushed the ball short to Ray Graydon, who crossed for Nicholl’s head, even the Oldham goalkeeper’s agility was redundant. But although Ogden can be proud of his night’s work Villa did not play well. Against a lesser goalkeeper the score would have been doubled but that would have flattered the holders. Indeed. Oldham came closest to scoring in the first half. Leighton Phillips’s clearing header went only as far as lan Wood before it was thumped back spectacularly against a post. Wood went close again in the first half but Jim Cumbes scrambled his shot for a corner. This was nothing like the game last April when Villa, on the way to promotion, annihilated Oldham 5-0. Villa were less assured, Oldham less fragile and the outcome was a much closer contest. The first half could have gone either way and if Ogden was throwing himself in all directions after the interval. Cumbes had by no means an easy time. After Frank Carrodus’s well taken left foot shot had forced the Oldham goalkeeper into a flying leap to clutch a ball made greasy by early rain, Cumbes fumbled a shot from George Jones but recovered before Wood could react. Then Leonard scored and Ogden twisted to his left to save from Graydon before Cumbes had to spring to his right to palm Maurice Whittle’s 30-yard free kick for a corner. Les Chapman was booked for a foul on Phillips just before Nicholl scored and even with only a few minutes left Oldham had not given up. In the 84th minute Graham Bell shot against the angle and with Cumbes missing from his goal Jones dived forward to nod the ball gently inches wide of the post.
Reports

🟩 10 Sep 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park

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