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Game #3358

Aston Villa

5-5-7, 15 PTS

Saturday, 15 November 1975

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Lost

13th= (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Manchester United

10-3-4, 23 PTS

Old Trafford

Attendance: 51,682

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

Manchester United

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 November 1975

🥅 | 18’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Steve Coppell
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 0-2, (Manchester United), Sammy McIlroy
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Frank Pimblett, Sub on, Leighton Phillips
🕒 | FT Manchester United 2-0 Aston Villa

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

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 November 1975
  • Villa, winless on the road this season, lose away again and where their League Cup match ended in undeserved defeat to Manchester United, this League rematch was the home side's from beginning to end as Villa slip to 13th.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa make it five wins, five draws and seven defeats in seventeen League games following their return to the top flight.

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Saturday, 15 November 1975

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🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1968–1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 76 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 17 🟥 20 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1968–1983

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

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.82 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.56 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.29 |

Referee

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

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 Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (ex)

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Manchester United

GK Paddy Roche | 🇮🇪 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Martin Buchan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Stewart Houston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Gordon Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Stuart Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | for M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 61' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | (M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 3 |
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH QUOTES
“He [John Burridge] played exceptionally well and did everything asked of him under difficult conditions.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

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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, 17 November 1975
John Burridge, Aston Villa’s £100,000 goalkeeper saved his side from an even more humiliating defeat, but earned the praise of Manchester United’s fiercely partisan Old Trafford fans. If it had not been for the 23 year-old goalkeeper’s ability and reflexes Villa might have received a more comprehensive hiding from Tommy Docherty’s rampant United. Burridge made world-class saves from Steve Coppell, Sammy Mcllroy, Stuart Pearson and Lou Macari which was just as well because he could seldom rely on the defensive cover in front of him. Ron Saunders. Villa’s manager, was afterwards full of praise for his goalkeeper: “He played exceptionally well and did everything asked of him under difficult conditions.” he said. Saunders refrained from commenting publicly on the individual displays of several other members of his side, but the guilty ones can expect to be on the manager’s mat when they report for training today. Burridge could not he blamed for the goals in the 18th and 55th minutes from the lively Coppell and the enterprising McIlroy. Both were gifted to them by slack defensive work. Chris Nicholl and company had a wretched time trying to quell United’s eager attack in which the unselfish work of Pearson and the fine debut of £70,000 Gordon Hill from Millwall were the prominent features. It was a pity that England manager Don Revie decided to stay at home instead of traveling to Old Trafford, he might have found Pearson’s form irresistible. Pearson gave the sort of display that should make him an automatic selection for England’s vital European championship game in Portugal this Wednesday. But he will most probably miss the vote again. John Gidman will have been thankful however, that Revie was not present. He was at fault with both goals giving McIlroy space and time to cross from the left for Coppell’s goal and then allowing the Irish international to wriggle past and score himself from close range. Ironically Villa might well have had the game won in the first 15 minutes if Ray Graydon had shown anything of last season’s shooting power. He had four excellent chances, two of which he really should have put away, and he was unlucky when another attempt hit goalkeeper Paddy Roche on the shins.
Reports

🟥 15 Nov 1975, Villa 0-2 United, Old Trafford

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