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Game #3362

Aston Villa

7-7-7, 21 PTS

Saturday, 13 December 1975

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Won

11th= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Division One

Norwich City

7-4-10, 18 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,478

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

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Norwich City

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Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 17' | Frank Carrodus | 22' | Ray Graydon | 57' |

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 13 December 1975

🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Martin Peters, 75 seconds
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-1, Ray Graydon, Assist by Andy Gray
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 2-1, John Deehan, Assist by Frank Carrodus
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Norwich City
🥅 | 54’ Goal, 2-2, (Norwich City), Ted McDougall
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 3-2, John Deehan, Assist by Ray Graydon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Norwich 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

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 13 December 1975
  • Villa, beginning to look comfortable at this level, record another strong win and performance as Ron Saunders’ injury hit and youthful side beat a resilient Norwich to return to 11th in the table thanks to a brace from John Deehan and a goal and assist from the in form Ray Graydon.

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

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Norwich City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

FIXTURE HISTORY
Norwich City
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Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Saturday, 13 December 1975

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🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1967-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 80 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 19 🟥 20 | 1.78

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1967-1981

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

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Andy Gray replaces Frank Pimblett.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.93 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.19 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.36 |

Referee

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Kevin Keelan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Duncan Forbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dave Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Peter Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mel Machin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Suggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ted MacDougall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Phil Boyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Mick McGuire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, 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

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 15 December 1975
The reports were good and there was even a profile on television but John Deehan was still worried. He thought he was playing well but his concern was that one goal in six games was not good enough for a striker. So his relief was evident when he scored two on Saturday even though, as he admitted later, he may be back in the reserves in a couple of weeks. He realises that soon Brian Little and Keith Leonard will have recovered from their cartilage operations and that his first team chances may be limited. But he is prepared for it and as long as he remains in the first team squad and is occasionally substitute he will be happy. When Little and Leonard, last season’s main strikers, do recover, and they should be fit in the New Year, manager, Ron Saunders, will have the sort of problem he would prefer: four proven strikers, the oldest of which is Leonard at 24, with two places to fill. And although Deehan, at 18 the youngest, is prepared for demotion, if he continues to play as at present, Saunders will be unable to leave him out. It was the first time I had seen him and he confirmed all the reports. He took his goals without fuss and the rest of his game showed the same simple economy. At times he was too good to be true and a more accurate assessment of his ability will have to wait until he settles Into the First Division. At the moment, it is all new to him and he sometimes attempted things that more experienced players might not have tried. But they often came off and such youthful enthusiasm, in concert with Andy Gray’s, was an antidote to the bitterly cold afternoon. While all 22 players deserve reward for playing so well on such a difficult pitch - it was hard and slippery - and Deehan and Gray caught the eye, there were two more experienced players whose contributions to Villa’s game were just as valuable. Ray Graydon scored the equalising goal, after Martin Peters had put Norwich ahead after 75 seconds, while Frank Carrodus had a compelling match. Carrodus often had “anonymous” games in which his work goes unrecognised but on Saturday he was the difference between victory and defeat. His stamina and running in midfield seemed to give Villa an extra man in a game which had to remain open because of the conditions. Mistakes were frequent, players either slipping or failing to control the ball. but Carrodus seemed to be wherever you looked, always supporting someone, often making a telling pass, as with Deehan’s first goal that put Villa ahead for the first time and the contrast in styles was fascinating. Norwich prepared to build their attacks with neat short passes. Villa attacked in huge splashes of colour using the width of the pitch. Their third goal after Ted MacDougall had equalised was typical. Gray found Graydon with a 40-yard pass, raced forward to control the cross and push it sideways to Deehan who killed it before clipping it wide of Kevin Keelan.
Reports

🟩 13 Dec 1975, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park

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