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Villa Matches Refereed by

Michael Lowe

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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Michael Lowe

Scorer(s) | Des Bremner | 90' |

Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 90' |

Game #3592

Division One

5th= (-)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982 🆘
HT Score:
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-2 |
Last 5 Games | LWDDL |

Villa Cards

🟨

Manchester United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982 🆘
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 A truly woeful and highly suspect refereeing performance from Lowe sees a goal awarded despite being delivered from behind the bye-line, an unpunished typically thuggish performance from Joe Jordan and a free kick derived goal that never should have been. To boot Lowe watched on unconcerned as Jordan ruled Evans out for the remainder of the season with a broken nose before the Sheffield official decided the most appropriate reaction was to book Evans for retaliation. Truly shocking. Lowe would never officiate Villa again.
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 April 1976, Villa 0-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Joe Jordan
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 0-2, (Manchester United), Joe Jordan
🔁 | Sub off, Eamonn Deacy, Sub on, Tony Morley
⚽ | 90' Goal, 1-2, Des Bremner, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Retaliation for having his nose broken by Jordan

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

🟨 10 April 1976, Villa 0-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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Michael Lowe

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #3381

Division One

18th (-)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Liverpool

🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 6 December 1975, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟨 6 December 1975, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground.

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Michael Lowe

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 17' |

Assist(s) | John Deehan | 17' |

Game #3361

Division One

11th= (+1)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Stoke

None

Referee Record

Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 19 April 1975, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by John Deehan
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 1-1, (Stoke City), Jimmy Greenhoff
🕒 | HT Stoke City 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Stoke City 1-1 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 19 April 1975, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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Michael Lowe

Scorer(s) | Leighton Phillips | 7' | Own Goal | 18' | Brian Little | 60' |

Assists(s) | Chico Hamilton | 7' | Jim Cumbes | 60' |

Game #3334

Division Two

2nd (-)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Blackpool

None

Referee Record

Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 November 1974, Villa 6-1 Hartlepool, 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 Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Leighton Phillips, Assist by Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 18’ Goal, 2-0, Own Goal, Dave Hatton
🕒 | HT Blackpool 0-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by Jim Cumbes
🕒 | FT Blackpool 0-3 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 25 November 1974, Villa 6-1 Hartlepool, Villa Park.

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Michael Lowe

Scorer(s) | Chico Hamilton | 6' (pen) | 41' | Brian Little | 52' | 77' | Ray Graydon | 82' | 89' (pen) |

Assists(s) | Brian Little | 44' | 82' | Ray Graydon | 52' | 77' |

Game #3306

League Cup

4th Round

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Hartlepool United

🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 12 November 1974, Villa 1-1 Hartlepool, Victoria Park.
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

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

Match Timeline

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Chico Hamilton (pen)
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Hartlepool United
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by Ray Graydon
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Alan Little, Sub on, Alun Evans
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 3-1, (Hartlepool United), Alan Gouden
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 4-1, Brian Little, Assist by Ray Graydon
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 5-1, Ray Graydon, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 6-1, Ray Graydon (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-1 Hartlepool United

Substitutes

🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 62' |

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

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Michael Lowe

Scorer(s) | Charlie Aitken | 34' |

Assists(s) | Chris Nicholl | 34' |

Game #3303

League Cup

4th Round

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: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Villa Cards

🟨

Hartlepool United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 October 1973, Villa 5-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

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 | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |

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

Substitutes

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

🟩 6 October 1973, Villa 5-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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Michael Lowe

Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 5' | Ray Graydon | 9' | Bruce Rioch | 61' | 77' | Sammy Morgan | 69' |

Assist(s) | Charlie Aitken | 9' |

Game #3245

Division Two

8th (-)

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Cardiff City

None

Referee Record

Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 April 1973, Villa 2-2, Carlisle, Brunton Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

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

Match Timeline

⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Woodruff o.g.
⚽ | 9’ Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Charlie Aitken
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 3-0, Bruce Rioch
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 4-0, Sammy Morgan
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 5-0, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Cardiff City

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟨 28 April 1973, Villa 2-2, Carlisle, Brunton Park.

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Michael Lowe

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 20' | Chico Hamilton | 76' |

Assist(s) | Brian Little | 20' | Geoff Vowden | 76' |

Game #3235

Division Two

3rd (-)

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Carlisle United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔴 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Brian Little
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-1, (Carlisle United), Brian Tiler
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 1-2, (Carlisle United), Joe Laidlaw
🕒 | HT Carlisle United 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Ray Graydon, Sub on, Alun Evans
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 2-2, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Geoff Vowden
🕒 | FT Carlisle United 2-2 Aston Villa

Substitutes

🔁 | F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72' |

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