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1974 🕒 4 | 1 (3) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 3 | #570 |

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F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
Anthony Thomas Betts
31 October 1953
Derby
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
(5 ft 10 in) 1.80 m
Personal
Transfer In

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1971-72
1 July 1969
15
Youth
Aston Villa Youth
Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

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 |

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1974 | Youth |
Football League Second Division |
🕒 4 | 1 (3) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 3 | #570 |

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Played Under

Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1974

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
2
4
1
3
3
🟩 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

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1974-75
20
D2
4
1
3
0
0
3
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

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Goalkeeping Record

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

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
1974-75
20
D2
4
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
⛔
⛔

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Villa Youth Record

1969-74 Aston Villa Youth

Previous Clubs

1972-74 Aston Villa Youth & Reserves
Football League Second Division

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1974-75
17 August 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
17 August 1974
20
Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Debut

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Loans Out

1974-75 Southport
Dec 1974 to May 1975
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 8 | 8 (0) | ⚽ 1 |

Final

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1974-75
12 November 1974
21
Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1975-76
7 December 1974
Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1975-76
October 1975
21
Free
Portland Timbers
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

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Subsequent Clubs

1975 Portland Timbers
NASL
🕒 18 | ⚽ 7 | (League)

1975 Port Vale
Football League Third Division
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1976-77 Portland Timbers
NASL
🕒 48 | ⚽ 8 | (League)

1979 Minnesota Kicks
NASL
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1979 Retired aged 25

Quotes

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Quotes

Biography

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Biography

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Appearances

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Appearances

4

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #3283
🟨 17 August 1974, Villa 1-1 York, Bootham Crescent.
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 | 🇬🇧 | Subs: F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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 #3302
🟥 9 November 1974, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.
Starting XI: GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Bobby Campbell | 🇬🇧 | Subs: F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #3303
🟨 12 November 1974, Villa 1-1 Hartlepool, Victoria Park.
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 | 🇬🇧 | Subs: F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Starts

1

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Starts
Subs

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Substitute Appearances

3

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Game #3283
🟨 17 August 1974, Villa 1-1 York, Bootham Crescent.
F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #3302
🟥 9 November 1974, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.
F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #3303
🟨 12 November 1974, Villa 1-1 Hartlepool, Victoria Park.
F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Unused

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

3

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
Game #3287
🟥 31 August 1974, Villa 0-1 Bolton, Burnden Park.
F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #3308
🟩 3 December 1974, Villa 2-1 Colchester, Layer Road.
F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #3309
🟥 7 December 1974, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.
F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Goals Scored

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Goals
Assists

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Assists Made

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Cards Received

🟨

0

🟥

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

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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

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International Record

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England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Matches

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

🟨 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

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 29' |

Assists(s) | Chico Hamilton | 29' |

Teams

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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.

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

🟩 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

Full Match Report

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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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.

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

🟥 9 November 1974, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

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Game #3302

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Saturday, 9 November 1974

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assists(s) | None

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Campbell | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Roy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bill Brindley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ray O'Brien | 🇮🇪 |
LB Arthur Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ian Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Brian Stubbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Don Masson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Steve Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Kevin Randall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Scanlon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Steve Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Mick Vinter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

💥 | 37’ Missed penalty, Ray Graydon
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 0-1, (Notts County), David Needham
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Notts County
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Chico Hamilton, Sub on, Tony Betts
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Notts County

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose successive games for the first time this season to make it seven wins, five draws and four defeats in his first sixteen League games as Villa boss.

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

🟨 12 November 1974, Villa 1-1 Hartlepool, Victoria Park.

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Game #3303

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

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #21 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Tuesday, 12 November 1974

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Charlie Aitken | 34' |

Assists(s) | Chris Nicholl | 34' |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Campbell | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Bobby Campbell | 🇬🇧 | 70' |

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

⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-0, Charlie Aitken, Assist by Chris Nicholl
🕒 | HT Hartlepool United 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 1-1, (Hartlepool United), Malcolm Moore
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Bobby Campbell, Sub on, Tony Betts 🔴
🕒 | FT Hartlepool United 1-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Frank Carrodus, Trip

On This Day

  • Villa face Hartlepool United for the first time in competitive football, Hartlepool become the 109th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa can only draw with Fourth Division side Hartlepool in the League Cup last 16 necessitating a Villa Park replay.

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