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Game #3349

Aston Villa

4-2-4, 10 PTS

Saturday, 27 September 1975

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Won

13th= (+3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Birmingham City

2-2-6, 6 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 53,782

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

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Birmingham City

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🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 27 September 1975

🟢 | 1’ Debut, John Burridge
🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Trevor Francis
🟨 | 23' Booking, Chris Nicholl, Foul
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Birmingham City
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 1-1, Chico Hamilton, Assist by John Robson
🟨 | 69' Booking, Ray Graydon
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 2-1, Brian Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Birmingham City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 27 September 1975

Ron Saunders' Villa beat neighbours Birmingham make it four wins, two draws and four defeats on their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, goalkeeper John Burridge made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Blackpool earlier this month for £90,000.

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75

Birmingham City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Saturday, 27 September 1975

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🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ralph Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheadle, 1970-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 67 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 14 🟥 15 | 1.91

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ralph Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheadle, 1970-1976 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Totally failed to control the wreckless tacking of the opposition and to add insult to injury punished Villa for far more innocuous offences
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 19 October 1974, Villa 0-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

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🟨

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders hands John Burridge his debut in place of Jake Findlay.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.29 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.43 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.73 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Willie Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Dave Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kenny Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ian Osborne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Want | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Terry Hibbitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Howard Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Hatton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Garry Pendrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, 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 John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, 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

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“That was the worst tackle I’ve seen in a game in which I’ve been playing. “If one of my players had done that I would have told him he shouldn’t be playing football and I wouldn’t have spoken to him for a week. “I’ve played in Liverpool versus Everton derbies but they were not nearly as physical as my first Villa versus Blues derby.” Ian Ross on thuggish Birmingham. “I’m sorry if it seemed so bad to people watching. But I think the tackle looked worse than it was. “That could be because the atmosphere was so tense and the way Robson rolled over.” Kenny Burns. “I’m not angry. There’s no harm done. “If my leg had been broken obviously I would be reacting differently. “I don’t know yet whether I’ll be fit for Wednesday’s match but I shall continue having treatment.” John Robson. “This was far tougher than those matches [between Manchester City and United]. “I don’t think I was tackled once when I had the ball. It was always after it had gone. “It was ridiculous. I’ve never had so many kicks and bruises. I don’t know which leg to limp on.” Frank Carrodus. “This was the most physical derby I’ve ever played in. You needed shin pads up to the waist.” Charlie Aitken “They had two men who committed eight diabolical fouls between them. “What went on out there was unbelievable.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, 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*
Monday, 29 September 1975

John Burridge, who created a goalkeeping record for Blackpool last season, signed for Aston Villa before their game at Wolves last night, subject to a medical examination. The clubs agreed terms of around £90,000 and Burridge, who is 23 years old and signed for Blackpool from Workington five years ago, should make his debut in Villa’s first derby match with Blues in the First Division for ten years. He has made 140 appearances for Blackpool and was voted player of the year by the club supporters last season. The reason was that he kept 21 “clean sheets” a club record. The fee will clear the Second Division club’s debts. Not surprisingly, Burridge is known for his consistency a quality which will be welcomed by the Villa supporters. His arrival at Villa Park Is no surprise. Jim Cumbes was dropped after the club’s 4.1 UEFA Cup defeat by Antwerp while Jake Findlay did not look quite ready In the club’s 3-0 defeat at Liverpool. --- *Birmingham Daily Post” Monday, 29 September 1975 Bruising local derby ends in controversy Ross condemns Blues tackling By RANDALL NORTHAM Aston Villa’s captain, lan Ross, yesterday angrily criticised his fellow Scot and central defender, Kenny Burns, for an incident in Saturday’s bruising derby match with Birmingham City at Villa Park. The game left Villa with seven players needing treatment yesterday only four days before their return leg UEFA Cup match with Antwerp. The tackle by Blues’ Burns on John Robson after 67 minutes earned him a booking from the referee Ralph Lee and a reprimand from Ross. “That was the worst tackle I’ve seen in a game in which I’ve been playing,” Ross said. “If one of my players had done that I would have told him he shouldn’t be playing football and I wouldn’t have spoken to him for a week. “I’ve played in Liverpool versus Everton derbies but they were not nearly as physical as my first Villa versus Blues derby.” Burns answered: “I’m sorry if it seemed so bad to people watching. But I think the tackle looked worse than it was. That could be because the atmosphere was so tense and the way Robson rolled over.” Robson took the incident philosophically. “I’m not angry. There’s no harm done. If my leg had been broken obviously I would be reacting differently. “I don’t know yet whether I’ll be fit for Wednesday’s match but I shall continue having treatment.” But Ross’s view was endorsed by Frank Carrodus, the veteran of derby games between Manchester City and United. He said: “This was far tougher than those matches. I don’t think I was tackled once when I had the ball. It was always after it had gone. “It was ridiculous. I’ve never had so many kicks and bruises. I don’t know which leg to limp on.” Charlie Aitken, the only player involved in the last First Division derby ten years ago, added: “This was the most physical derby I’ve ever played in. You needed shin pads up to the waist.” Villa’s manager, Ron Saunders was equally scathing: “They had two men who committed eight diabolical fouls between them. What went on out there was unbelievable. Blues’ acting manager, Willie Bell refused to enter the controversy. He said yesterday: “After the game I had a word in with Burns. Obviously, at the time I spoke to him, he was emotionally involved and disappointed at losing the match. “I will be seeing him in the morning to decide what action must be taken.” The Villa fans in the crowd of 53,782, which provided record League receipts of £45,800, walked away muttering about the rebirth of the “Brummie Bashers.” The foul count was 17 against Villa and 22 against Birmingham but Burns and Joe Gallagher committed 13 of those between them. Surprisingly Burns was the only Blues player cautioned whereas both Chris Nicholl and Ray Graydon went into Lee’s book. Did Bell make a blunder? The questions the crestfallen Blues fans were asking at the weekend were: How much difference did Peter Withe’s injury make to their team and did acting manager Willie Bell commit a tactical boob with the substitution? Withe limped out of the game after 43 minutes when Blues had been ahead through Trevor Francis’s goal in the 12th minute and Bell was forced to send on Garry Pendrey, a defender. Bell decided to play 4-4-2 which while improving Birmingham’s midfield restricted the amount of room Francis was finding at the front. Late in the game with Villa ahead Bell pushed Kenny Burns forward a move I felt he should have made while Blues were still one up. I do not feel that Withe’s absence was the factor which swung the match but if Birmingham had been able to continue to play with three at the front it might have been a different story. If the use of the substitute was a mistake Bell cannot be held responsible for the way which Blues played. He has been in charge for only three matches it takes longer than that to change bad habits. And if he Is to be given more time he has to improve Birmingham’s manners as well as their method. They were or rather Burns and Joe Gallagher were unacceptably physical. On paper, player for player, Blues would appear to have a definite edge but there was no doubt on Saturday which was the better team. Villa, smaller and slimmer, blended together fat better. Leonard missed As Bell claimed, they did not create all that much, it is only fair to emphasise that they were missing the power and height of Keith Leonard. Frank Carrodus was an able deputy, but obviously a different type of player. What a pulsating, thunderous game this was. The first derby in the First Division for ten years. It positively burst with action. The conditions helped one moment drenching rain, the next bright sunlight, an elemental panorama as if especially laid on for the occasion. Blues, boosted by two successive victories, appeared to be well on the way to another when with 15 minutes of the first half remaining Villa began to swarm forward. There was a brilliant save by Dave Latchford Blues’ best player to deny a rejuvenated Ray Graydon and so the pattern for the rest of the game was set. Within a minute of the restart Latchford had made another wonderful save to stop Brian Little but he could do nothing when Chico Hamilton hammered John Robson’s header into the net. Burns was booked for an horrendous foul on Robson and Graydon for a weak attempt at retaliation on Burns a few moments later. It was a shame that the Football League did not provide a stronger referee than Ralph Lee for the match. He was not good enough and how he can justify booking Chris Nichol! and not Gallagher is beyond me. Burns was barracked every time he touched the ball now and it was he who perpetrated the error which led to the winner. He could not control the ball, lost it to Little and was on his knees when the Villa striker curved the ball around Latchford for his first goal of the season. I have the greatest admiration for Burns’ talent but I could feel no sympathy for him at the moment. There was time for Tony Want to clear off the line from Leighton Phillips before Francis swept through again only to be foiled by an outstanding save from John Burridge, who had looked worth every penny of the £90,000 Villa paid for him.
Reports

🟩 27 September 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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