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Game #3367

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 7 January 1976

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

FA Cup

Southampton

Villa Park

Attendance: 44,623

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Southampton

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🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 7 January 1976

🥅 | 31’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Jimmy McCalliog
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-1, Ray Graydon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Southampton
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Ray Graydon, Sub on, Charlie Aitken
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Southampton
🥅 | 102’ Goal, 1-2, (Southampton), Jimmy McCalliog
🕒 | AET Aston Villa 1-2 Southampton

🟨 | Booking, Leighton Phillips, Handling

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 7 January 1976

  • In a complete role reversal from the original fixture it is second tier Southampton who dominate the FA Cup third round replay at Villa Park to win in extra time.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa lose out to the rough house tactics of second division Southampton in the Villa Park replay as they exit the Cup at the third round stage.

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Southampton

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Southampton

Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #30 |
Manager Game | #85 |
Wednesday, 7 January 1976

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🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1964-1976 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
AET Result: 🟥 Lost
AET Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 85 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 | 20 🟥 23 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1964-1976 🆘
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 4
🆘 Learnt nothing from the first game and continued to ignore a thuggish Southampton's wild and atrocious aggression
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 3 January 1976, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.00 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.26 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.43 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, 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

Lawrie McMenemy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Southampton

GK Ian Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Rodrigues | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Mel Blyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Nick Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Peach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Hugh Fisher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jim McCalliog | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Bobby Stokes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Osgood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 66' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Peter Osgood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Paul Gilchrist | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, 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

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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

Not registered | 1 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 8 January 1976

Jimmy McCalliog, the former Wolves’ midfield player, returned to Villa Park last night and scored two vital goals to help Southampton put Aston Villa out of the FA Cup. McCalliog produced the killer touch for the Second Division promotion chasing outfit, hitting the winning goal in the 12th minute of extra time with his shot striking a defenders boot on the way Into the net. It was a stunning blow to Villa and despite a late brave rally they could not haul themselves back into contention to save this always amusing third round replay. McCalliog had given Southampton a 31st minute lead which was cancelled out eight minutes later by Ray Graydon. But his dramatic winner sealed Villa’s fate. Referee David Wallace seemed to turn a Nelsonian eye to some of the heavy tackles perpetrated by Southampton as they attempted to knock Villa out of their stride. The unhappy overtures of this aggressive and brittle replay began as early as the sixth minute when former England international Peter Osgood chopped down John Gidman, who needed lengthy treatment before he could resume. Villa were hard put to keep Southampton at bay in the opening stages but were denied a possible penalty after 16 minutes when centre half Mel Blyth appeared to push Graydon off the ball on the edge of the box. Southampton continued to play in an almost buccaneering fashion and John Deehan was twice brought to the ground with fierce tackles which were again ignored by the referee. Goalkeeper John Burridge was constantly in action and he twice dived well to his left to tip a shot and a header from England international Mike Channon away for corners. Villa just could not find any of the form which has made them so formidable at home this season and after 31 minutes it came as no surprise when Southampton took the lead. Osgood pushed the ball down the left wing and Channon cleverly centred for Jim McCalliog to head home from eight yards with no defenders challenging him. The goal stunned Villa and they gradually began to find some composure, perhaps sensing that the tie was running away from them. They equalised eight minutes later from their first positive attack on Southampton’s goal and it came after a tragic mistake by full back David Peach. The defender attempted to turn back a cross-field pass from Deehan to his goalkeeper lan Turner and Graydon raced in and lobbed the ball into the net. Villa were a trifle fortunate to have squared matters, having been on the receiving end of most of the attacking pressure at this stage. But in the second half it was an entirely different story with Villa taking control and playing their best football of the game. Graydon sent a header just over the crossbar from a right wing cross by Gidman in the 50th minute and the winger almost found the net nine minutes Inter after a tremendous midfield move involving Gidman, Carrodus and Phillips. But Southampton still continued to brace the storm as Villa did their utmost to break the stalemate. Referee Wallace collided with Carrodus in the centre circle with four minutes of normal time remaining and needed treatment before he could continue the game. Two players were booked by referee Wallace. Villa’s Leighton Phillips for handling in the first half and Southampton’s Peach for a late tackle on Deehan.
Reports

🟥 7 Jan 1976, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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