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Game #3372

Aston Villa

8-9-12, 25 PTS

Saturday, 14 February 1976

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Lost

17th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Sheffield United

2-7-20, 11 PTS

Bramall Lane

Attendance: 21,152

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

Sheffield United

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Bobby McDonald | 19' |

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 February 1976

⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Bobby McDonald
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield United), Alan Woodward
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield United), Chris Guthrie
🔁 | 59' Sub off, John Deehan, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 February 1976

Ron Saunders' Villa make it eight wins, nine draws and twelve defeats in twenty nine League games following their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, Frank Pimblett made his final appearance for Villa aged 18 before moving to Stockport County in July 1976. Pimblett played for Villa between 1974-75 and 1975-76 making 11 appearances.

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1975-76 | 🕒 11 | 11 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 6 | #573 |

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Aston Villa

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

Sheffield United

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25

Aston Villa

Sheffield United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #90 |
Saturday, 14 February 1976

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🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 90 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 | 22 🟥 26 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 13 April 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

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Chris Nicholl, John Deehan and Bobby McDonald replace John Overton, Andy Gray and Chico Hamilton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.58 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.36 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.54 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Sirrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

GK Jim Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Paul Garner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Eddie Colquhoun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Ludlam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Franks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick Speight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Bradford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John McGeady | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Alan Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Chris Guthrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 59' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Cliff Calvert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

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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

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 5 |
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

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MATCH QUOTES

“He [John Burridge] didn’t seem to move until Woodward’s shot was past him and he or Chris Nicholl should have stopped Guthrie getting in his header. “We would have been five or six up at half time if we had stuck all our chances away. “[Leighton] Phillips was sweeping up in front of the back four and we were pushing the full-backs forward continually. And how can you say we were too negative when we created so many chance’s?” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

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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, 16 February 1976

Aston Villa’s 2-1 defeat by Sheffield United on Saturday was not the happiest of starts to goalkeeper John Burridge’s wedding weekend. The £100,000 signing from Blackpool could be faulted for both the Sheffield goals. First he was deceived by Alan Woodward’s curling angled drive seconds before half -time and then was caught in no - man’s land when Chris Guthrie headed the winner after 57 minutes. “He didn’t seem to move until Woodward’s shot was past him and he or Chris Nicholl should have stopped Guthrie getting in his header.” said Villa manager Ron Saunders, who believes that Burridge’s marriage will make a world of difference to the goalkeeper since it will mean he can settle in the Midlands. But it would be unfair to saddle Burridge with the full responsibility for the defeat. Indeed, Saunders was far more angry about what was happening at the other end of the pitch. “We would have been five or six up at half - time if we had stuck all our chances away,” he complained. Yet everything pointed to Villa’s first away win of the season after Ray Graydon had put them in front after 19 minutes, then they seemed to treat the very mediocre Sheffield with too much respect. With only John Deehan and Graydon up front and Leighton Phillips withdrawn into a very defensive role, Villa’s line-up was almost 5-3-2 and that kind of cautious approach allowed United the freedom they didn’t deserve. But Saunders would not agree that his team were not positive enough. “Phillips was sweeping up in front of the back four and we were pushing the full-backs forward continually. And how can you say we were too negative when we created so many chance’s?” he asked. It was significant, however, that when Phillips moved into more attacking positions later in the game Villa looked a more dangerous proposition and the excellent Bobby McDonald almost earned them a point several times now that he had the freedom to attack. Sheffield never made it easy with their approach, which was based on fear, desperation and an agonising offside trap which must have caught Villa well over 20 times.
Reports

🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.

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