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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 September 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 September 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

🟩 10 September 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 10 September 1975

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

🟩 10 September 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, 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

Oldham Athletic

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

Aston Villa

Oldham Athletic

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Oldham Athletic

Previous 5 vs. Oldham: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 10 September 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 September 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
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 62 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 | 13 🟥 13 | 1.95

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 10 September 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 10 September 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
Manager

🟩 10 September 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 September 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 10 September 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

🟩 10 September 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, 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

🟩 10 September 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 September 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 10 September 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 September 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 10 September 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 September 1975, Villa 2-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

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