CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Centre Back

1975-76 🕒 3 | 2 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 | #581 |

Previous Player	Next Player
M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #580 \|	F Alan Peters \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| Unused Sub \|

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
John Overton	2 May 1956	Rotherham	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

Transfer In

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1973-74	1 July 1972	16	Youth	Aston Villa Youth		Vic Crowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Villa Career

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1975-76 | Youth |
Football League First Division |
🕒 3 | 2 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 | #581 |

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Played Under

Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1976

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
1	3	2	1	1

🟩 Won	🟩 Win %	🟨 Drew	🟨 Drawn %	🟥 Lost	🟥 Loss %

Goals ⚽	Assists 🔥	Yellow Cards 🟨	Red Cards 🟥
0	0	0	0

Goal Involvements (GI)	Games per Goal (GPG)	Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
0	0.00

Seasons

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1975-76	19	D1		3	2	1	0	0	1								0.00

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

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Goalkeeping Record

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

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1975-76	19	D1	3

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	⛔	⛔

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Villa Youth Record

1972-76 Aston Villa Youth

Previous Clubs

1974-76 Aston Villa Youth & Reserves
Football League First Division

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1975-76	8 November 1975	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
n/a	n/a

Debut Season	Debut Date	Debut Age	Debut Under
1975-76	7 February 1976	19	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Loans Out

1975-76 Halifax Town
Mar 1976 to May 1976
Football League Third Division
🕒 16 | 14 (2) | ⚽ 0 |

Final

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1975-76	28 February 1976	19	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1975-76	28 February 1976	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1975-76	30 June 1976	20	Free	Gillingham		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

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Subsequent Clubs

1976-81 Gillingham FC
Football League Third Division
🕒 178 | ⚽ 10 | (League)

1981 Retired aged 25

Quotes

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Quotes

Biography

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Biography

Appearances

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Appearances

3

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #3371	🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.	Starting XI: GK John Burridge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB John Overton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Frank Pimblett \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3374	🟨 24 February 1976, Villa 1-1 Wolves, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK John Burridge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Bobby McDonald \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: CB John Overton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3375	🟨 28 February 1976, Villa 2-2 Burnley, Turf Moor.	Starting XI: GK John Burridge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Bobby McDonald \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB John Overton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Starts

2

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #3371	🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.	GK John Burridge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB John Overton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 🔁 \| M Chico Hamilton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| M Frank Pimblett \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \|
Game #3375	🟨 28 February 1976, Villa 2-2 Burnley, Turf Moor.	GK John Burridge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Bobby McDonald \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB John Overton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| CB Ian Ross \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🔥 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \|

Starts

Subs

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Substitute Appearances

1

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub
Game #3374	🟨 24 February 1976, Villa 1-1 Wolves, Villa Park.	CB John Overton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

Unused

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

1

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes
Game #3357	🟩 8 November 1975, Villa 5-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.	CB John Overton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Goals

Assists

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

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

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Matches

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

Game #3371

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: George Flint | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 1973–1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #89 |
Saturday, 7 February 1976

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 6' |

Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 6' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 84' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike Doyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Ged Keegan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Peter Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Royle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | RB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Tommy Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

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.

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

🟨 24 February 1976, Villa 1-1 Wolves, Villa Park.

Game #3374

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Goggins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1972-1976 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Tuesday, 24 February 1976

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 59' (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 80' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Parkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McAlle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Munro | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gerry O’Hara | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Kenny Hibbitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bobby Gould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Norman Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Gerry O’Hara | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Steve Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), John Richards
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-1, Ray Graydon (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it nine wins, ten draws and twelve defeats in thirty one League games following their return to the top flight.

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

🟨 28 February 1976, Villa 2-2 Burnley, Turf Moor.

Game #3375

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #93 |
Saturday, 28 February 1976

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 17' | Andy Gray | 20' |

Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 20' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Alan Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Derek Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Billy Rodaway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Waldron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Mike Summerbee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Hankin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Billy Ingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it nine wins, eleven draws and twelve defeats in thirty two League games following their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, John Overton made his third and final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving to Gillingham in June 1976.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Centre Back

1975-76 🕒 3 | 2 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 | #581 |

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Personal Profile

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Transfer In

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Villa Career

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Played Under

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Career Summary

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Season by Season Record

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Goalkeeping Record

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Honours

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Debut

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

First Goal Date

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Loans Out

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Final Appearance

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Transfer Out

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Subsequent Clubs

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Quotes

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Biography

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CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Appearances

3

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Starts

2

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Substitute Appearances

1

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

1

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Goals Scored

0

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Assists Made

0

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Cards Received

🟨

0

🟥

0

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International Career

England

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International Record

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England

Starter

Substitute

Goals

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

Matches

CB John Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #581 |

🟥 7 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.