Aston Villa

7-5-2, 19 PTS

Saturday, 26 October 1974

1974-75

3rd= (+1)

Won

3-1

Sheffield Wednesday

2-5-9, 9 PTS

Division Two

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,977

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Leighton Phillips | 6' | Chris Nicholl | 35' | Ray Graydon | 43' (pen) |

Assist(s) | Leighton Phillips | 35' |

Fixture List

🟨 17 Aug 1974, Villa 1-1 York, Bootham

Division Two

🟨 20 Aug 1974, Villa 1-1 Hull, Boothferry

Division Two

🟨 24 Aug 1974, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park

Division Two

🟩 28 Aug 1974, Villa 6-0 Hull, Villa Park

Division Two

🟥 31 Aug 1974, Villa 0-1 Bolton, Burnden

Division Two

🟩 7 Sep 1974, Villa 3-1 Orient, Villa Park

Division Two

🟨 11 Sep 1974, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

League Cup

🟥 14 Sep 1974, Villa 0-2 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

Division Two

🟩 18 Sep 1974, Villa 3-0 Everton, Goodison

League Cup

🟩 21 Sep 1974, Villa 3-0 Millwall, Villa Park

Division Two

🟨 28 Sep 1974, Villa 0-0 Southampton, The Dell

Division Two

🟩 2 Oct 1974, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park

Division Two

🟩 5 Oct 1974, Villa 2-1 Oldham, Boundary Park

Division Two

🟨 9 Oct 1974, Villa 2-2 Crewe, Gresty Road

League Cup

🟩 12 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

Division Two

🟩 16 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Crewe, Villa Park

League Cup

🟨 19 Oct 1974, Villa 0-0 Sunderland, Roker

Division Two

🟩 26 Oct 1974, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

Division Two

🟥 2 Nov 1974, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

Division Two

🟥 9 Nov 1974, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park

Division Two

🟨 12 Nov 1974, Villa 1-1 Hartlepool, Victoria Park

League Cup

🟥 16 Nov 1974, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

Division Two

🟩 23 Nov 1974, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park

Division Two

🟩 25 Nov 1974, Villa 6-1 Hartlepool, Villa Park

League Cup

🟨 29 Nov 1974, Villa 0-0 Oxford, Villa Park

Division Two

🟩 3 Dec 1974, Villa 2-1 Colchester, Layer Road

League Cup

🟥 7 Dec 1974, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

Division Two

🟩 14 Dec 1974, Villa 4-0 York, Villa Park

Division Two

🟥 21 Dec 1974, Villa 0-2 Albion, Hawthorns

Division Two

🟩 26 Dec 1974, Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

Division Two

🟥 28 Dec 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian

Division Two

🟩 4 Jan 1975, Villa 3-0 Oldham, Boundary Park

FA Cup

🟩 11 Jan 1975, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park

Division Two

🟨 15 Jan 1975, Villa 2-2 Chester, Sealand Road

League Cup

🟩 18 Jan 1975, Villa 2-1 Oxford, Manor Ground

Division Two

🟩 22 Jan 1975, Villa 3-2 Chester, Villa Park

League Cup

🟩 25 Jan 1975, Villa 4-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park

FA Cup

🟩 1 Feb 1975, Villa 3-1 Notts County, Meadow Lane

Division Two

🟨 8 Feb 1975, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Villa Park

Division Two

🟥 15 Feb 1975, Villa 2-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

FA Cup

🟩 18 Feb 1975, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

Division Two

🟩 22 Feb 1975, Villa 2-0 United, Villa Park

Division Two

🟩 1 Mar 1975, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Wembley

League Cup

🟨 5 Mar 1975, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Villa Park

Division Two

🟩 8 Mar 1975, Villa 3-2 Forest, City Ground

Division Two

🟩 15 Mar 1975, Villa 3-0 Southampton, Villa Park

Division Two

🟥 22 Mar 1975, Villa 0-1 Orient, Brisbane Road

Division Two

🟩 29 Mar 1975, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

Division Two

🟩 1 Apr 1975, Villa 3-1 Millwall, The Den

Division Two

🟩 9 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park

Division Two

🟩 12 Apr 1975, Villa 5-0 Oldham, Villa Park

Division Two

🟩 19 Apr 1975, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Division Two

🟩 23 Apr 1975, Villa 4-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Division Two

🟩 26 Apr 1975, Villa 2-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

Division Two

🟩 30 Apr 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road

Division Two

On This Day

On this day in Villa history

Saturday, 26 October 1974

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Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 18 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 7 🟥 2 | 1.89

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Game #3300

Match Record

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 26 October 1974

Game Record

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alan Turvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Basingstoke, 1974–1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Total 🕒 101 | 🟩 W50 (50% ) | 🟨 D11 | 🇺(60% ) | 🟥 L40 (40% ) | ⚽ 209 | 🥅 172 | GD 37

Trophy Cabinet

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Sheffield Wednesday

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

Officials

Referee: Alan Turvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Basingstoke, 1974–1978
Linesmen: G. A. Rose; J. E. Wathen

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

None

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Bookings

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

Match Stats

Not recorded

Line Up & Subs

Aston Villa

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 85' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Sheffield Wednesday

Derek Dooley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK Peter Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Rodrigues | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Holsgrove | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eric McMordie | 🇬🇧 |
M Ken Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Bobby Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Joicey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Colin Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Fred McIver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Team News

Aston Villa

Injury | 1 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Ankle

Suspension | 1 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Sheffield Wednesday

Not Recorded

Matchday Squads

Aston Villa

Goalkeepers
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Wingers
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Sheffield Wednesday

Goalkeepers
GK Peter Springett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Holsgrove | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Peter Rodrigues | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Eric McMordie | 🇬🇧 |
M Ken Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bobby Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fred McIver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Eric Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Brian Joicey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Media

What they Said

The eccentricities of referee Alan Turvey were the main points of discussion after the game, but since all the goals came from free kicks perhaps he should be thanked.

Aston Villa scored two goals direct from free kicks the first a startling swerving shot from Leighton Phillips for his first goal for the club, the third a penalty to give Ray Graydon his 13th goal of the season.

And the second followed another of Phillips’ cunningly accurate free kicks being headed Into the net by Chris Nicholl.

Wednesday’s equaliser resulted from a lack of attention to detail by the Villa defence.

The two-man “wall” was inaccurately positioned but even so Jim Cumbes should not have attempted to save Peter Rodrigues’ driven shot, for the free kick was indirect.

But Cumbes blocked the ball and Tommy Craig pushed it over the line.

As well as this Villa reckoned they should have had another penalty when Graydon was brought down by Ken Knighton.

Graydon may have exaggerated his fall but he was certainly toppled.

Strangely Mr Turvey consulted his linesman and gave a free kick to Wednesday.

The reason? Gamesmanship, he said later.

But what about a caution, then, and why a free kick for a dive?

Why not start the game with a goal kick?

All this is part of why players and spectators become frustrated.

In making things hard for himself Mr Turvey had to endure the whistles and jeers of the crowd and this must have upset his concentration.

But if he was bad so was the game.

Villa won comfortably but only in the goal-less second half did they show any form, and then it was only glimpses.

They ran hard enough but there were too few moments to enthuse about.

Wednesday provided the best football with Craig’s left-footed passing being one of the few redeeming features.

But their defence was flabby and their finishing Inaccurate. Not that there ever seemed any danger of Villa losing and they now have a superb home record seven games played, six wins, one draw, 20 goals for only three against.

No other team in the first or second division has scored so many goals at home.

The surprising fact is that there were only 23,977 people at the game.

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

137

✅

137

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

123

Defenders

FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

595

✅

594

⚽

🔥

🟩

230

🟨

138

🟥

227

CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

124

✅

124

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Midfielders

CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

🕒

124

✅

124

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

180

✅

165

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Forwards

W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

133

✅

128

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

🔁

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

1974-75

First Team Squad

GK Graham Moseley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #571 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Cardiff City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Retired

CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | #558 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Grimsby Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2024

CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #539 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Portland Timbers 🇺🇸 Retired

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #560 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Darlington FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #573 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Hartlepool United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2024

M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #542 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Worcester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #552 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Oxford United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Bobby Campbell | 🇬🇧 | #568 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Wigan Athletic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2016

CF Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | #565 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Gorleston FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #567 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Coventry City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2025

CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #557 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Valur Reykjavík 🇮🇸 Died 2019

LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #563 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Wolverhampton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #562 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2004

M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #536 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

St Jose Earthquakes 🇺🇸 Retired

M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #538 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Portland Timbers 🇺🇸 Retired

W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #576 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Willenhall Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #555 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #570 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Minnesota Kicks 🇺🇸 Retired

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #556 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Worcester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #572 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Exeter City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #488 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

New York Cosmos 🇺🇸 Died 2023

RB Keith Masefield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #575 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

DIO Haarlem 🇳🇱 Retired

M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #574 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Brisbane City 🇦🇺 Died 2024

W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #569 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Altrincham FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #559 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Morwell Falcons 🇦🇺 Retired

CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #561 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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