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Game #3371

Aston Villa

8-9-11, 25 PTS

Saturday, 7 February 1976

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Lost

17th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

11-9-8, 31 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 32,331

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

Manchester City

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 6' |

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 February 1976

🟢 | 1’ Debut, John Overton
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester City), Tommy Booth
🔁 | 84' Sub off, Leighton Phillips, Sub off, Gordon Cowans 🟢
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester City), Asa Hartford
🕒 | FT Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 February 1976

  • Villa concede a late goal for the second successive game to fall to an undeserved defeat to Manchester City at Maine Road as Ron Saunders’ is forced to field a team full of youngsters before the hosts luck into a late winner that should not have stood.

  • Villa now have eight wins, nine draws and eleven defeats in twenty eight League games under Ron Saunders following their return to the top flight.

  • Centre Back John Overton, 19, makes his Villa debut after joining from schoolboy football in June 1972 and coming through the yourh ranks to  become the 581st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Gordon Cowans, 17, makes his Villa debut after joining from schoolboy football in July 1974 and coming through the yourh ranks to  become the 582nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #582 | Youth Team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1969-70

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #89 |
Saturday, 7 February 1976

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🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: George Flint | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 1973–1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT 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

🕒 89 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 | 22 🟥 25 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: George Flint | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 1973–1982
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 20 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Hull, Boothferry Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Frank Pimblett and John Overton (debut) replace Charlie Aitken and Chris Nicholl.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.25 |

Oldest Player |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.05 |

Youngest Player |
M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.92 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Tony Book | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike Doyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Ged Keegan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Peter Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Royle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 84' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Tommy Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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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
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1
1*
0
0
0
0
1*
-
-
0
0

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 5 |
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I was bundled over by two or three of them and I thought we should have had a free kick. “I’m terribly disappointed because I thought I had my best game since joining Villa. “That was what I was playing like last season with Dundee United. “I’ve been feeling a bit low lately and for the last few weeks I’ve not been playing well. “But today, after that sixth minute goal, all my enthusiasm came flooding back.“ Andy Gray. “If it had happened at the other end there would have been a free kick.” Ian Ross.
Quotes

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 9 February 1976

Scottish striker Andy Gray was convinced, as he walked painfully away from Maine Road, that Aston Villa should have had the point they deserved. Gray, his badly bruised left shoulder strapped. claimed the injury was caused when he wass knocked out of the way as City scored their winning goal in a 2-1 victory with just four minutes left. “I was bundled over by two or three of them and I thought we should have had a free kick,” Grey complained. His captain lan Ross’ superb sweeping behind a defence that kept the home team out for 80 minutes added: “If it had happened at the other end there would have been a free kick.” But all Villa had to show for this stern defence and often brilliant approach work was Gray’s goal and the knowledge that they had not let down manager, Ron Saunders, on his return to the club he managed for just three months. Gray in particular was outstanding and not far behind him was Frank Carrodus, bought by Saunders from City. Gray said: “I’m terribly disappointed because I thought I had my best game since joining Villa. “That was what I was playing like last season with Dundee United. I’ve been feeling a bit low lately and for the last few weeks I’ve not been playing well. But today, after that sixth minute goal, all my enthusiasm came flooding back.“ Besides making City’s England centre half Dave Watson look ordinary and scoring, Gray created a chance for Ray Graydon after 28 minutes that the winger wasted and forced Joe Corrigan to make a superb second half save. So Villa should have been at least 2-0 up before Tommy Booth, City’s substitute, equalised in the 80th minute. That goal was created by Asa Hartford and then the former West Bromwich Albion player scored the winner. But there is no doubt that if Villa had been able to field a full strength side they would have won. It is no disgrace to 19-year-old John Overton to say that he found Joe Royle difficult to contain and that Villa missed Chris Nicholl’s strength and experience. As it was, Saunders can be proud of Saturday’s young team - their organisation made City look a collection of highly talented players not properly put together.
Reports

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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