Villa win in the third round of the FA Cup at Boundary Park after their tumultuous League meeting in October but it is the League that promises the real riches as everyone hopes 1975 sees an improvement on the poor spell suffered by Ron Saunders' side in the final two months of 1974.

Ron Saunders' Villa open 1975 with an FA Cup win as midfielder Frank Pimblett made his debut aged 17 after joining from school football in June 1973.

Villa follow up their FA Cup win with victory in the League at Villa Park to climb to 5th in the table.

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Villa dominate Chester but are held at Sealand Road despite Ray Graydon's 30th of the season but the second leg at Villa Park is expected to be a formality. What isn't in doubt however is that Villa are unbeaten in three in all competitions in 1975.

Ron Saunders' Villa take the advantage over fourth division side Chester ahead of the League Cup semi final second leg at Villa Park.

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Villa concede for the first time in 🕒 six games but win for the 🟩 eighth consecutive game to finish the season second, promoted, three points behind long time leaders Manchester United.

Villa have now scored ⚽ twenty goals in their last eight games to one conceded in the last six as they make it 🟩 twenty five wins, 🟨 eight draws and 🟥 nine defeats in Saunders' first 🕒 forty two League games as Villa boss.

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In Belgium it was the first half, in Liverpool the second that saw Villa beaten as inexperience unsurprisingly counted against Ron Saunders' side after a goalless first half.

Ron Saunders' Villa make it three wins, one draw and four defeats on their return to the top flight.

Villa climb into a five goal lead before conceding a late consolation as they record their biggest win of the season and climb back to eleventh in the table thanks to goals from Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Chico Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Graydon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 on his home debut.

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Ron Saunders' Villa 🟩 win for the first time in eight to make it 🟩 five wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 six defeats in 🕒 sixteen League games following their return to the top flight.

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Villa, winless on the road this season, lose away again and where their League Cup match ended in undeserved defeat to Manchester United, this League rematch was the home side's from beginning to end as Villa slip to 13th.

Ron Saunders' Villa make it five wins, five draws and seven defeats in seventeen League games following their return to the top flight.

Villa deliver their best away performance of the season to date but still can't manage the win despite taking the lead through Ray Graydon's sixth of the season and second in as many games.

Ron Saunders' Villa make it six wins, seven draws and seven defeats in twenty League games following their return to the top flight.

Villa lose narrowly at Elland Road but have John Burridge to thank for keeping them from a heavier defeat as Leeds once again demonstrate what makes them such a universally unpopular side as they resort to their usual dirty tactics.

Ron Saunders' Villa make it seven wins, seven draws and eight defeats in twenty two League games following their return to the top flight.

Villa concede a late goal for the second successive game to fall to an undeserved defeat to Manchester City at Maine Road as Ron Saunders’ is forced to field a team full of youngsters before the hosts luck into a late winner that should not have stood.

Villa now have eight wins, nine draws and eleven defeats in twenty eight League games under Ron Saunders following their return to the top flight.

Centre Back John Overton, 19, makes his Villa debut after joining from schoolboy football in June 1972 and coming through the yourh ranks to  become the 581st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Gordon Cowans, 17, makes his Villa debut after joining from schoolboy football in July 1974 and coming through the yourh ranks to  become the 582nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa suffer a shock defeat to bottom side Sheffield United as they lose on the road again, this time to a side cut adrift at the bottom of the table, fourteen points behind Ron Saunders’ men.

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.