M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Midfielder

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

Previous Player	Next Player
CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| #572 \|	M Frank Pimblett \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #574 \|

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

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

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Cards Received

🟨

1 🟥

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

International Career

England

FA	National Team	Caps with Villa
	England

FA	National Team	Full International Record
	England

FA	🕒 Caps	🕒 Starts	🔁 Sub	⚽ Goals

FA	First Cap with Villa

FA	First International Goal with Villa

FA	Last Cap with Villa

International Record

England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match

Matches

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Matches

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

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

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

Full Match Report

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

Assists(s) | Keith Leonard | 88' |

Teams

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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.

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

Full Match Report

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

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

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.

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

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assists(s) | None

Teams

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

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.

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

Full Match Report

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

Assists(s) | Brian Little | 28' |

Teams

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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.
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.

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

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assists(s) | None

Teams

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Midfielder

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

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Personal Profile

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Transfer In

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Villa Career

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Played Under

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Career Summary

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Season by Season Record

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Goalkeeping Record

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Honours

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Debut

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

First Goal Date

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Loans Out

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Final Appearance

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Transfer Out

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Subsequent Clubs

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Quotes

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Biography

Died

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Appearances

5

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Starts

4

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Substitute Appearances

1

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

1

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Goals Scored

3

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Assists Made

0

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Cards Received

🟨

1

🟥

0

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International Career

England

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International Record

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England

Starter

Substitute

Goals

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Matches

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

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