top of page

Game #3385

Aston Villa

11-17-14, 39 PTS

Saturday, 24 April 1976

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Won

15th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Middlesbrough

15-10-17, 40 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 33,241

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

Villa.gif

Middlesbrough

2509-2.png

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 April 1976

⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan
🥅 | 31’ Goal, 1-1, (Middlesbrough), John Hickton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-1, Frank Carrodus, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Middlesbrough

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

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

Villa.gif

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 April 1976

  • Villa win on the final day to end their first season back in the top flight since 1967 in joint 15th place but are classified 16th on goal difference behind Newcastle. Villa’s season saw Ron Saunders’ side draw seventeen of their forty two games - the most of any side outside of the top ten, and despite eleven home wins - the same as sixth placed Ipswich - their  lack of an away win across the entire campaign meant an encouraging top flight return resulted in a lower finish that performances had suggested was possible.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa win consecutive games for the first time since September to make it eleven wins, seventeen draws and fourteen defeats in forty two League games following their return to the top flight as they finish the season in 16th place. Meanwhile centre back Ian Ross and full back Bobby McDonald made their final appearances for the club. Ross had made 204 appearances since his debut in February 1972 whilst McDonald had made 46 appearances and score 5 goals following his first appearance a year later.

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

Villa.gif

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1972-76 | 🕒 204 | 204 (0) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 | #556 |
🔴 LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1973-76 | 🕒 46 | 40 (6) | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 4 | 🇺 9 | #562 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Middlesbrough

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Middlesbrough

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

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

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Saturday, 24 April 1976

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Gordon Trevett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1973-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Villa.gif

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 103 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 30 🟥 28 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

Villa.gif

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gordon Trevett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1973-1976
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 17 August 1974, Villa 1-1 York, Bootham Crescent.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

Villa.gif

None

CARDS

2509-2.png

None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

Villa.gif

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ian Ross replaces Leighton Phillips.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.42 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.55 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.73 |

Referee

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Jack Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

2509-2.png

Middlesbrough

GK Jim Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Willie Maddren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Terry Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Peter Brine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ted Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF John Hickton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Ted Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Alan Ramage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

2509-2.png
Substitutes

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

None

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

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

Villa.gif

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

SQUAD STATS

2509-2.png

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Injury | 3 |
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

International Duty | 1 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg
Tables & Programmes

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH QUOTES

“I have been reasonably happy with the side’s performances in the First Division but I shall be looking next season for an all-round improvement. “If we are going to reach the top we will have to show far more consistency and I may have to enter the transfer market again if the youngsters don’t come up to scratch. “But I am pleased with their progress so far and it is a very healthy sign to see that 16 of my professional squad of 23 are 21 or under. “|We must be the youngest outfit in the First Division.” “I thought we might have done a lot better in the First Division this season but we had a crop of injuries and we were never able to field a settled side. “I am sure that we have benefited from our experiences and now that we know something about life in the First Division. “I trust we will put it to good use next term.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

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)

Opens in New Window

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 26 April 1976

Aston Villa manager Ron Saunders is prepared to make another big-money signing if the club’s promising crop of youngsters fail to make the grade next season. Saunders, who has just put skipper lan Ross and Chico Hamilton on the transfer list said after Villa’s 2-1 win over Middlesbrough on Saturday: “I have been reasonably happy with the side’s performances in the First Division but I shall be looking next season for an all-round improvement. “If we are going to reach the top we will have to show far more consistency and I may have to enter the transfer market again if the youngsters don’t come up to scratch. “But I am pleased with their progress so far and it is a very healthy sign to see that 16 of my professional squad of 23 are 21 or under. We must be the youngest outfit in the First Division.” Saunders added: “I thought we might have done a lot better in the First Division this season but we had a crop of injuries and we were never able to field a settled side. “I am sure that we have benefited from our experiences and now that we know something about life in the First Division. I trust we will put it to good use next term.” Villa signed off with a victory which, although not of classic proportions, was justly deserved. It was fitting that the 52nd minute winner should come from Frank Carrodus, whose non-stop running and effort kept his side ticking over. Carrodus’s goal - his first of the season - came when Villa looked as if they would have to settle for another draw. The impressive Deehan had given Villa a magnificent start with a headed goal in the first minute after goalkeeper Jim Piet, under pressure from Gray, had punched the ball straight out to the England youth International. It should have been the signal for an avalanche but Ray Graydon’s shooting, for once, was off-target and Villa gave away their customary goal when Ross let in John Hickton for the 31st-minute equaliser. Villa took control of the second-half after Carrodus’s goal and, when Middlesbrough did raise their game near the end. 20-year-old goalkeeper Jake Findlay competently dealt with all the shots that reached him.
Reports

🟩 24 Apr 1976, Villa 2-1 Boro, Villa Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH VIDEO

Videos
bottom of page