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Game #3365

Aston Villa

8-7-9, 23 PTS

Saturday, 27 December 1975

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Lost

12th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Derby County

13-6-5, 32 PTS

Baseball Ground

Attendance: 37,230

🟥 27 December 1975, Villa 0-2 Derby, Baseball Ground.

Derby County

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 27 December 1975, Villa 0-2 Derby, Baseball Ground.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 27 December 1975

🕒 | HT Derby County 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Steve Powell
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 0-2, (Derby County, pen), Charlie George
🕒 | FT Derby County 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 27 December 1975

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

🟥 27 December 1975, Villa 0-2 Derby, Baseball Ground.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Derby County

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

Aston Villa

Derby County

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Derby County

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #83 |
Saturday, 27 December 1975

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🟥 27 December 1975, Villa 0-2 Derby, Baseball Ground.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1972–1981
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
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

🕒 83 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 | 19 🟥 22 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 27 December 1975, Villa 0-2 Derby, Baseball Ground.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1972-1981
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 5 January 1974, Villa 3-1 Chester, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟨

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.74 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.23 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.40 |

Referee
Manager

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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 Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Dave MacKay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Derby County

GK Colin Boulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Daniel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Tony Macken | 🇮🇪 |
RB Rod Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Steve Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Henry Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Charlie George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Roger Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Kevin Hector | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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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

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 29 December 1975

So long as they can keep on doing well at Villa Park - they have not lost a League match there since they met Leeds on the opening day of the season - Aston Villa will have nothing to worry about. But the vital, confident, commanding form they show at home is dissipated on opponents’ grounds and the second half of their home programme looks to be much tougher than the first. Villa had plenty of the game at the Baseball Ground. They applied a lot of pressure but Colin Boulton’s goal was in danger only once, when Andy Gray’s header struck the base of a post when they were 1-0 down. Few goals No wonder then that Villa have scored only six away goals this season fewer even, than bottom-of-the-table Sheffield United. It was easy to sympathise with Gray and his central striking partner, John Deehan, because the service they received when it mattered was appalling. Ray Graydon and Chico Hamilton were subdued so the main source was full-back John Gidman. But although his speed, power and skill frequently took him into good positions his final crosses were often inaccurate. It seems that the only way Villa are going to succeed away from home is by being brainwashed into believing that they are at Villa Park. Certainly they should have felt at home on Saturday. The crowd, over 37,230 was Derby’s largest of the season bigger even than the attendance for the European Cup-tie with Real Madrid and the reason was an enormous volume of support from Birmingham. Thousands were locked out and the Villa followers with their balloons, which they let go when their team take to the field, outshouted the Derby fans. But it was not enough to lift their side. Villa are unlikely to have a better chance of beating Derby at the Baseball Ground. The League champions were without four internationals - Bruce Bloch, David Nish and Roy McFarland were injured while Francis Lee was still under suspension but despite the extensive reorganisation which included a debut for Tony Marken, Derby proved far too experienced and durable. The absence of such personalities and the 2-1 defeat at Leicester on Boxing Day accounted for Derby’s unusually uncompromising mood and both Colin Todd and Peter Daniel were booked by the referee, Peter Reeves, for bringing down Deehan. But Henry Newton fitted in superbly at left back, Blachen played well and Steve Powell shut Dennis Mortimer out of the game. Derby’s first goal, a minute after halftime, was scored by Powell, who neatly headed In a cross from Leighton James. John Burridge who played magnificently had no chance. And until they can get all the parts of their team functioning fully away from home, Villa will continue to suffer defeats like this. Contribution The £175.000 former Coventry player’s most obvious contribution was unfortunately when he brought down Archie Gemmill after first giving him the ball, and Charlie George scored from the penalty.
Reports

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