Game #3349
Aston Villa
4-2-4, 10 PTS
Saturday, 27 September 1975


Won
13th= (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division One
Birmingham City
2-2-6, 6 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 53,782
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Birmingham City

Assist(s) | John Robson | 51' |
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park


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
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
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 September 1975
Villa make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 two draws and 🟥 four defeats on their return to the top flight.
In the first top flight match with Birmingham for ten years, the visitors, perennially in Villa’s shade even when Villa toiled in the third tier, could only resort to violence in their attempts to avoid yet another defeat at the hands of their bigger, more successful and more cultured neighbours.
Sadly the performance of the referee was as poor as that of Birmingham themselves as he inexplicably 🟨 books two Villa players for nonsensical reasons whilst two Birmingham players - Kenny Burns and Joe Gallagher had committed 13 of Birmingham’s 22 fouls between them,yet attracted a single card.
Happily Villa’s class shone through and another Villa Park 🟩 win was secured to help Ron Saunders’ 🏴 side to 13th in the table.
Goalkeeper John Burridge 🏴 23 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after moving from Blackpool earlier this month for £90,000.
Villa also announce they have signed a young Scottish striker called Andy Gray 🏴 as Ron Saunders 🏴 looks to strengthen his squad for the season ahead.
Right back John Gidman 🏴 makes his 🕒 75th start in a Villa shirt.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 60th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 116th appearance (109 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W55 🟨 D31 🟥 L30, ⚽ 37 Goals and 🔥 23 Assists at a rate of one every 1.93 games.
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK John Burridge | 🏴 |
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
Birmingham City


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Saturday, 27 September 1975
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🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


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: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 67 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 14 🟥 15 | 1.91
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
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: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 🟨
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

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 |
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

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 | 🏴 |

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 | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | (D Garry Pendrey | 🏴 |)

🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | | 6 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 27 Sep 1975, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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