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M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Midfielder

1974 🕒 5 | 4 (1) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 | #573 |

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M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
Alan Little
5 February 1955
Horden
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1972-73
1 July 1971
16
Youth
Aston Villa Youth
Vic Crowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Villa Career

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1974 | Youth |
Football League Second Division |
🕒 5 | 4 (1) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 | #573 |

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Played Under

Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1974

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
1
5
4
1
1
🟩 Won
🟩 Win %
🟨 Drew
🟨 Drawn %
🟥 Lost
🟥 Loss %
Goals ⚽
Assists 🔥
Yellow Cards 🟨
Red Cards 🟥
3
0
1
0
Goal Involvements (GI)
Games per Goal (GPG)
Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
3
1.67
Seasons

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1974-75
19
D2
5
4
1
3
0
1
1.67
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🇺
🔥
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #
Goals Conceded 🥅
Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)
Clean Sheets ⛔
% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1974-75
19
D2
5
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Villa Youth Record

1971-74 Aston Villa Youth

Previous Clubs

1971-74 Aston Villa Youth & Reserves
Football League Second Division, First Division

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1974-75
5 October 1974
Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
July 1974
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1974-75
5 October 1974
19
Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Debut

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Loans Out

None

Final

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1974-75
7 December 1974
19
Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1974-75
7 December 1974
Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1974-75
December 1974
19
£10,000
Southend United
Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Transfer Out

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Subsequent Clubs

1974-77 Southend United, £0.01m
Football League Third Division, Fourth Division
🕒 103 | ⚽ 12 | (League)

1977-79 Barnsley, £6k
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 91 | ⚽ 14 | (League)

1979-82 Doncaster Rovers, £0.02m
Football League Fourth Division, Third Division
🕒 85 | ⚽ 11 | (League)

1982-83 Torquay United
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 51 | ⚽ 4 | (League)

1983-85 Halifax Town
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 68 | ⚽ 6 | (League)

1985-86 Hartlepool United
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 12 | ⚽ 1 | (League)

1986 Retired aged 31

Quotes

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Quotes

Biography

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Biography

Died

8 August 2024, Aged 69

Appearances

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Appearances

5

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #3295
🟩 5 October 1974, Villa 2-1 Oldham, Boundary Park.
Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Subs: None
Game #3306
🟩 25 November 1974, Villa 6-1 Hartlepool, Villa Park.
Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Subs: F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #3307
🟨 29 November 1974, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park.
Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Subs: M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #3308
🟩 3 December 1974, Villa 2-1 Colchester, Layer Road.
Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Subs: None
Game #3309
🟥 7 December 1974, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.
Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Subs: None

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Starts

4

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #3295
🟩 5 October 1974, Villa 2-1 Oldham, Boundary Park.
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟥 | CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🟨 | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #3306
🟩 25 November 1974, Villa 6-1 Hartlepool, Villa Park.
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ | W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
Game #3308
🟩 3 December 1974, Villa 2-1 Colchester, Layer Road.
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
Game #3309
🟥 7 December 1974, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Starts
Subs

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Substitute Appearances

1

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Game #3307
🟨 29 November 1974, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park.
M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Unused

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

1

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
Game #3296
🟨 9 October 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.
M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Goals Scored

3

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Game #3308
🟩 3 December 1974, Villa 2-1 Colchester, Layer Road.
Scorer(s) | Alan Little | 28' | Ray Graydon | 61' |
Goals
Assists

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Assists Made

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

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M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

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M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

🟩 5 October 1974, Villa 2-1 Oldham, Boundary Park.

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Game #3295

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Dave Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1964-1976 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Saturday, 5 October 1974

Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 54' | Ray Graydon | 88' |

Assists(s) | Keith Leonard | 88' |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Chris Ogden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Keith Hicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Maurice Whittle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Robins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alan Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Colin Garwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W George McVitie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Tony Betts, Alan Little
🕒 | HT Oldham Athletic 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 47’ Booking, John Gidman
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 0-1, (Oldham Athletic), Colin Garwood
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, Keith Hicks
🟥 | 68’ Sending off, John Gidman
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 2-1, Ray Graydon, Assist by Keith Leonard
🕒 | FT Oldham Athletic 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Alan Little, Foul

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it five wins, four draws and two defeats in his first eleven Division Two games as Villa boss as they record their first League away win of the season. Meanwhile, Alan Little made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from school football in June 1971.

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

🟩 25 November 1974, Villa 6-1 Hartlepool, Villa Park.

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Game #3306

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #24 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Monday, 25 November 1974

Scorer(s) | Chico Hamilton | 6' (pen) | 41' | Brian Little | 52' | 77' | Ray Graydon | 82' | 89' (pen) |

Assists(s) | Brian Little | 44' | 82' | Ray Graydon | 52' | 77' |

Teams

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 62' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Barry Watling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Rob Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Malcolm Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Goad | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D George Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Jimmy Shoulder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Honour | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Spelman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Allan Gauden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Malcolm Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Billy Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Chico Hamilton (pen)
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Hartlepool United
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by Ray Graydon
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Alan Little, Sub on, Alun Evans
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 3-1, (Hartlepool United), Alan Gouden
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 4-1, Brian Little, Assist by Ray Graydon
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 5-1, Ray Graydon, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 6-1, Ray Graydon (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-1 Hartlepool United

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa hammer Fourth Division side Hartlepool in the League Cup last 16 to set up a quarter final tie with Colchester.

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

🟨 29 November 1974, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

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Game #3307

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Friday, 29 November 1974

Scorer(s) | None

Assists(s) | None

Teams

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 78' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK John Milkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Light | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Shuker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Max Briggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Aylott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Duncan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Heron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Bray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Mick Tait | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Oxford United
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Leighton Phillips, Sub on, Alan Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Oxford United

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa are held to a draw at home to make it eight wins, six draws and five defeats in his first nineteen League games as Villa boss.

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

🟩 3 December 1974, Villa 2-1 Colchester, Layer Road.

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Game #3308

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hunting | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1968-1984
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Tuesday, 3 December 1974

Scorer(s) | Alan Little | 28' | Ray Graydon | 61' |

Assists(s) | Brian Little | 28' |

Teams

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Mike Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Micky Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ray Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Barry Dominey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Packer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Leslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Phil Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Lindsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ray Bunkell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Svarc | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Ray Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Lindsay Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-0, Alan Little, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | HT Colchester United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 2-1, (Colchester United), John Froggatt
🕒 | FT Colchester United 1-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa face Colchester United for the first time in competitive football, Colchester become the 110th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa put their League downturn to one side as they beat third tier Colchester to progress to the League Cup semi finals.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa beat Third Division side Colchester in the League Cup quarter final at Layer Road to set up the two legged semi final and a possible second Wembley appearance in four seasons.

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

🟥 7 December 1974, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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Game #3309

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1968-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 7 December 1974

Scorer(s) | None

Assists(s) | None

Teams

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Ray Cashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Rodgers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Collier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Geoff Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Jimmy Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Paul Cheesley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin Griffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Gerry Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (W Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 28’ Goal, 0-1, (Bristol City), Jimmy Mann
🕒 | HT Bristol City 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Bristol City 1-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa’s poor League run continues at Ashton Gate but as the home side played the second half with two injured players. Villa drop to 7th, ten points off the leaders.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa lose in Bristol again to make it eight wins, six draws and six defeats in his first twenty League games as Villa boss. 

  • Meanwhile, midfielder Alan Little made his final Villa appearance aged 19 before moving to Southend United later this month.

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