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Villa Matches Refereed by

Kevin McNally

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

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Kevin McNally

Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 67' |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3593

Division One

5th= (-)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Tottenham Hotspur

None

Referee Record

Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 5
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 30 September 1978, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.
Cards: None

On his sixth and final appearance officiating a Villa match, McNally does not brandish a single card. Across his previous five fixtures he had shown a remarkable 23 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Noel Blake
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 30 September 1978, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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Kevin McNally

Scorer(s) | Tommy Craig (pen) | 20' |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3504

Division One

11th= (-4)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

🟨 🟨

Nottingham Forest

🟨 🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 5
🆘 Mistakenly awarded a penalty for a dive outside the area before booking Allan Evans for protesting. Added four bookings to the 19 he'd shown in his four previous matches officiating Villa.
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park. 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-0, Tommy Craig (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Nottingham Forest
🥅 | 49' Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Tony Woodcock
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans (Injury), Sub on, Lee Jenkins
🟨 | 77' Booking, Allan Evans, Dissent
🥅 | 77' Goal, 1-2, (Nottingham Forest, pen), John Robertson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Nottingham Forest

🟨 | Booking, John Gregory

Substitutes

🔁 | M Lee Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 59' |

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

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Kevin McNally

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #3485

Division One

10th (-1)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Villa Cards

🟨

Derby County

🟥 🟨 🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 4
🆘 : Yet another card happy performance from McNally - a referee who has brandished 19 yellows and 2 reds in just the four Villa fixtures in which he has officiated.
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 October 1975, Villa 1-1 Tottenham, Villa Park. 🆘
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Derby County
🟥 | 70’ Sending off, (Derby County), Peter Daniel
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Derby County

🔁 | Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, John Deehan

🟨 | Booking, Gordon Smith, Kicking ball away

Substitutes

🔁 | F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 11 October 1975, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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Kevin McNally

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 61' |

Assist(s) | Ray Graydon | 61' |

Game #3353

Division One

10th= (+3)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

Villa Cards

🟨 🟨

Tottenham Hotspur

🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 3
🆘 Sought out bookings to boost his own authority, a pathetic performance that the hopeless official revelled in both during and after the game.
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane. 🆘
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Ray Graydon
🟥 | Sending off, (Tottenham Hotspur), Terry Naylor
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), John Pratt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur

🟨 | Booking, Leighton Phillips
🟨 | Booking, Frank Carrodus

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 1 February 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

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Kevin McNally

Scorer(s) | Brian Little | 30' | 76' | Frank Carrodus | 89' |

Assists(s) | Chico Hamilton | 30' | Charlie Aitken | 76' |

Game #3320

Division Two

4th (-)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Notts County

🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
🆘 Awarded a dubious penalty, then booked Nicholl for a non-foul "almost as an after-thought" and made three more "diabolical" bookings to Villa players.
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park. 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

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

🥅 | 7’ Goal, 0-1, (Notts County), Ian Scanlon
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-1, Brian Little, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🟨 | 44' Booking, Charlie Aitken, Foul
🕒 | HT Notts County 1-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 75’ Missed penalty, (Notts County), Arthur Mann
🟨 | 75’ Booking, Chris Nicholl, Foul
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 2-1, Brian Little, Assist by Charlie Aitken
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-1, Frank Carrodus
🟨 | 90' Booking, Ray Graydon, Tackle
🕒 | FT Notts County 1-3 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, John Robson

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟨 24 August 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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Kevin McNally

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 52' |

Assists(s) | Brian Little | 52' |

Game #3285

Division Two

7th= (-)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Villa Cards

🟨

Norwich City

🟨 🟨 🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 : A card happy official
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich City
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Brian Little
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City), Ray Suggett
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City

🟨 | Booking, Sammy Morgan, Skirmish

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

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