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Villa vs.

York City

🟩 14 December 1974, Villa 4-0 York, Villa Park.

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Game #3310

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Don Biddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1971-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Saturday, 14 December 1974

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 3' | Chris Nicholl | 10' | Brian Little | 71' | Chico Hamilton | 86' |

Assists(s) | Brian Little | 3' | Jimmy Brown | 10' | Chris Nicholl | 71' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Campbell | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Graeme Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Chris Topping | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Ogden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Swallow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Micky Cave | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jimmy Seal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Chris Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Jimmy Seal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Jim Hinch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 2-0. Chris Nicholl, Assist by Jimmy Brown
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 York City
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by Chris Nicholl
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 4-0, Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 York City

On This Day

  • Villa win for the second time in four League games to climb back to sixth in the table but despite hitting four without reply it is far from convincing given the gulf in class between the respective teams.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa return to winning ways as they see off York to make it nine wins, six draws and six defeats in his first twenty one League games as Villa boss.

🟨 17 August 1974, Villa 1-1 York, Bootham Crescent.

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Game #3283

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

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 17 August 1974

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 29' |

Assists(s) | Chico Hamilton | 29' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Graeme Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Chris Topping | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ian Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Swallow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Micky Cave | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ian Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jimmy Seal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Chris Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Jimmy Seal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Jim Hinch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Frank Carrodus
💥 | 8' Jim Cumbes penalised for handling outside the area
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (York City), Lyons
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-1, Ray Graydon, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | HT York City 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Chico Hamilton, Sub on, Tony Betts
🕒 | FT York City 1-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Ron Saunders' first match in charge of Villa ends in a draw at newly promoted York, meanwhile, winger Frank Carrodus made his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Manchester City earlier this month. Whilst Tony Betts made his first Villa appearance aged 20 after joining from school football in May 1970.

🟥 9 October 1973, Villa 0-1 York, Bootham Crescent.

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Game #3246

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ted Jolly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1970-1975
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Season | 1973-74 |
Matchday | #11 |
Manager Game | #186 |
Tuesday, 9 October 1973

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Graeme Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Chris Topping | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Phil Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Swallow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Cliff Calvert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ian Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Pollard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Peachey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Ian Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

💥 | 30’ Missed penalty, Ray Graydon
🕒 | HT York City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 0-1, (York City), John Peachey
🕒 | FT York City 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Charlie Aitken, Trip

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa's challenging start to the season as they are knocked out of the League Cup at the earliest stage since 1968-69 by division three side York.

🟩 8 April 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Bootham Crescent.

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Game #3180

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #120 |
Saturday, 8 April 1972

Scorer(s) | Bruce Rioch | 28' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Graeme Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Mackin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Pat Lally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Chris Topping | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Phil Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Swallow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Rowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Laurie Calloway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Wann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Pollard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Paul Almson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Mike De Placido | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | HT York City 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT York City 0-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa face York City for the first time in competitive football, York become the 107th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Crowe's Villa make it four successive victories again to record twenty seven wins, five draws and seven defeats in 39 division three games so far this campaign. As a result, Villa remained well in control of the destiny of the third division title (played 39, points 59) with five point leads over Bournemouth (played 40, points 54) and Brighton (played 39, points 54).

🟩 5 February 1972, Villa 1-0 York, Villa Park.

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Game #3168

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Tom Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1968-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1971-72 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Saturday, 5 February 1972

Scorer(s) | Willie Anderson | 67' (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 71' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Graeme Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Mackin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Pat Lally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Chris Topping | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Phil Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Swallow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Laurie Calloway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Wann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Paul Almson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Alan Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Eddie Rowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 York City
🟨 | 51’ Booking, George Curtis, Late tackle
💥 | 66’ Missed penalty, Willie Anderson
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-0, Willie Anderson, pen
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, Pat McMahon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 York City

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa make it nine wins in ten and nineteen wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. As a result, Villa consolidate first place (played 27, points 40) from Bournemouth (played 26, points 38) and Notts County (played 25, points 37).
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