Game #3349
Aston Villa
4-2-4, 10 PTS
Saturday, 27 September 1975
Won
13th= (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division One
Birmingham City
Attendance: 53,782
Villa Park
2-2-6, 6 PTS
Aston Villa
2-1
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | John Robson | 51' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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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
ON THIS DAY
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.
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
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Saturday, 27 September 1975
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 | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 67 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 14 🟥 15 | 1.91
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
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: 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders hands John Burridge his debut in place of Jake Findlay.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.29 |
Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 33.43 |
Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 21.73 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | (D Garry Pendrey | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK John Burridge | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 29 September 1975