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Villa Matches Refereed by

Ivan Smith

🟨 20 March 1976, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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Ivan Smith

Scorer(s) | Chris Nicholl | 40' | 86' |

Assist(s) | Brian Little | 40' | Chico Hamilton | 86' |

Game #3378

Division One

17th= (-1)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Leicester City

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 4 October 1975, Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.
Cards:

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 14’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Chris Nicholl o.g.
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 1-1, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | HT Leicester City 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 54’ Goal, 1-2, (Leicester City), Chris Nicholl o.g.
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 2-2, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Leicester City 2-2 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟨 4 October 1975, Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

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Ivan Smith

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #3351

Division One

13th= (-)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Middlesbrough

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 18 January 1975, Villa 2-1 Oxford, Manor Ground.
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 Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 0-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 18 January 1975, Villa 2-1 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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Ivan Smith

Scorer(s) | Brian Little | 60' | Chris Nicholl | 89' |

Assists(s) | Keith Leonard | 89' |

Game #3317

Division Two

4th= (+1)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Oxford United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 8 September 1973, Villa 2-0 Oxford, 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 Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

💥 | 36’ Missed penalty, (Oxford United), Derek Clarke
🕒 | HT Oxford United 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little
🥅 | 84' Goal, 1-1, (Oxford United), Derek Clarke
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 2-1, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Keith Leonard
🕒 | FT Oxford United 1-2 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 8 September 1973, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

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Ivan Smith

Scorer(s) | Bruce Rioch | 59' (pen) | Geoff Vowden | 68' |

Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 68' |

Game #3238

Division Two

1st= (+3)

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Oxford United

🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 26 December 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

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

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Oxford United
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-0, Bruce Rioch, pen
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Trevor Hockey, Sub on, Sammy Morgan 🟢
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 2-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Oxford United

Substitutes

🔁 | F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | 🟢 | for M Trevor Hockey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 60' |

🟨 26 Dec 1972, Villa 2-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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Ivan Smith

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 60' | Alun Evans | 75' |

Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 75' |

Game #3215

Division Two

3rd (-)

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Nottingham Forest

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 8 September 1971, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 39’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), John Galley
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Neil Martin
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Nottingham Forest
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Pat McMahon, Sub on, Brian Little
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-2, Andy Lochhead
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 2-2, Alun Evans, Assist by Ray Graydon
💥 | 78' Andy Lochhead 'goal' disallowed for offside
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Nottingham Forest

Substitutes

🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

🟩 8 September 1971, Villa 3-2 Chesterfield, Saltergate.

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Ivan Smith

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 7' | Geoff Vowden | 24' | Willie Anderson | (pen) | 86' |

Assist(s) | Geoff Vowden | 7' | Andy Lochhead | 24' |

Game #3141

League Cup

2nd Round

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Villa Cards

🟨

Chesterfield

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 5 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park. 🆘
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Geoff Vowden
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 2-0, Geoff Vowden, Assist by Andy Lochhead
🥅 | 31’ Goal, 2-1, (Chesterfield), John Archer, pen
🕒 | HT Chesterfield 1-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | 48’ Booking, Bruce Rioch, Dissent
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 2-2, (Chesterfield), Kevin Randall
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 3-2, Wille Anderson, pen
🕒 | FT Chesterfield 2-3 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 5 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park.

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Ivan Smith

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 5' | 63' | Pat McMahon | 49' |

Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 5' | Willie Anderson | 49' | Chico Hamilton | 64' |

Game #3082

Division Three

2nd= (+1)

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Doncaster Rovers

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | 🔁 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🚑 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Brian Godfrey
💥 | 6' Villa reduced to 10-men, Lew Chatterley leaves field of play with injury
💥 | 13' George Curtis injured but remains on field with limited movement
💥 | 30' Lew Chatterley returns to field
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Steve Briggs
💥 | 40' Injured George Curtis leaves field to be replaced by Jimmy Brown before Villa cancel the substitution
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Doncaster Rovers
🔁 | 46' Sub off, George Curtis, Sub on, Jimmy Brown
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 2-1, Pat McMahon, Assist by Willie Anderson
💥 | 49' Pat McMahon suffers clash of heads in scoring and leaves field of play
💥 | 49' Villa reduced to 10-men
💥 | 69' Pat McMahon returns to field of play despite large gash on his cheek
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 2-2, (Doncaster Rovers), Archie Irvine
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 3-2, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Doncaster Rovers

Substitutes

🔁 | M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

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