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Villa Matches Refereed by

Alf Grey

🟨 22 August 1981, Villa 2-2 Spurs, Wembley

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Alf Grey

Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 30' | 52' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 30' | David Geddis | 52' |

Game #3642

Charity Shield

Final

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

Villa Cards

None

Tottenham Hotspur

None

Referee Record

Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 20 August 1977, Villa 2-1 QPR, Loftus Road.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dave Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 30' Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 42' Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Mark Falco
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 47' Goal, 1-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Mark Falco
🔁 | 49' Sub off, Dennis Mortimer, Sub on, Andy Blair 🟢
⚽ | 52' Goal, 2-2, Peter Withe, Assist by David Geddis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Substitutes

🔁 | M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 49' |

🟩 20 August 1977, Villa 2-1 QPR, Loftus Road.

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Alf Grey

Scorer(s) | John Deehan | 47' | Frank Carrodus | 55' |

Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 55' |

Game #3442

Division One

8th

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

🟨

Queens Park Rangers

None

Referee Record

Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 22 January 1977, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Jimmy Rimmer, Ken McNaught, John Gregory
🕒 | HT Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | HT Booking, Jimmy Rimmer, Making stud marks in goalmouth
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Frank Carrodus, Assist by Alex Cropley
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 2-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Peter Eastoe
🕒 | FT Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 22 January 1977, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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Alf Grey

Scorer)s) | Andy Gray | 3' |

Assist(s) | John Deehan | 3' |

Game #3412

Division One

4th= (-)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

West Ham United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983 🆘
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 "Did not have a lot to do, which was just as well because most of what he did was wrong."
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 February 1976, Villa 2-2 Burnley, Turf Moor.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by John Deehan
🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Alex Cropley, Sub on, Gordon Smith
🕒 | FT West Ham United 0-1 Aston Villa

Substitutes

🔁 | FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 88' |

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

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Alf Grey

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

Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 20' |

Game #3375

Division One

14th= (+2)

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: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

Villa Cards

🟨

Burnley

🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 8 November 1975, Villa 5-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Ray Graydon
🥅 | 39’ Goal, 2-1, (Burnley), Brian Flynn
🕒 | HT Burnley 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 2-2, (Burnley), Brian Flynn
🟨 | 80' Booking, John Robson, Heavy tackle
🕒 | FT Burnley 2-2 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 8 November 1975, Villa 5-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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Alf Grey

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 9' | Chico Hamilton | 50' | 84' | John Deehan | 57' | Ray Graydon | 67' (pen) |

Assist(s) | John Robson | 9' | Frank Pimblett | 50' | Ray Graydon | 57' |

Game #3357

Division One

11th= (+3)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Sheffield United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 22 March 1975, Villa 0-1 Orient, Brisbane Road.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by John Robson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Frank Pimblett
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 3-0, John Deehan, Assist by Ray Graydon
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 4-0, Ray Graydon (pen)
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 5-0, Chico Hamilton
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 5-1, (Sheffield United), Chris Guthrie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Sheffield United

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 22 March 1975, Villa 0-1 Orient, Brisbane Road.

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Alf Grey

Scorer(s) | None

Assists(s) | None

Game #3329

Division Two

2nd= (-)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Leyton Orient

None

Referee Record

Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Orient 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 0-1, (Orient), Ricky Heppolette
🕒 | FT Orient 1-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 27 January 1973, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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Alf Grey

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 44' (pen) | Bruce Rioch | 59' |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3220

Division Two

3rd (-)

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Cardiff City

None

Referee Record

Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Cardiff City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Brian Little, Sub on, Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City

Substitutes

🔁 | M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

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