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Villa vs.

Royal Antwerp F.C.

🟥 1 October 1975, Villa 0-1 Antwerp, Villa Park.

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Game #3350

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Günter Männig | 🇩🇪 | Hirschfelde, 1962-1978
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Aggregate Result: 🟥 Lost
Aggregate Score: 🟥 1-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #68 |
Wednesday, 1 October 1975

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 | 🔴 | for FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 54' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Jean-Marie Trappeniers | 🇧🇪 |
RB Paul Lieben | 🇧🇪 |
RB John De Schrijver | 🇧🇪 |
CB Jos Velser | 🇧🇪 |
D Xavier Caers | 🇧🇪 |
D Jos Heyligen | 🇧🇪 |
D Bob Geens | 🇧🇪 |
M Louis van Gaal | 🇳🇱 |
M Flemming Lund | 🇩🇰 |
W Joseph Deraeve | 🇧🇪 |
CF Karl Kodat | 🇦🇹 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

Not Recorded

Match Timeline

🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Royal Antwerp), Karl Kodat
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Royal Antwerp
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, John Robson, Sub on, Sammy Morgan 🔴
🟨 | 64’ Booking, John Gidman
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Sammy Morgan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Royal Antwerp

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose the home leg of their inaugural UEFA Cup tie and are knocked out 1-5 on aggregate. Meanwhile, Sammy Morgan made his final Villa appearance as a substitute aged 28 before moving on to Brighton & Hove Albion in December 1975. Morgan played for Villa between 1973-74 and 1975-76 making 51 appearances and scoring 15 goals.

🟥 17 September 1975, Villa 1-4 Antwerp, Bosuilstadion.

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Game #3346

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: António Garrido | 🇵🇹 | Marinha Grande, 1954-1982
HT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #9 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Wednesday, 17 September 1975

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 81' |

Assist(s) | Frank Carrodus | 81' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Jean-Marie Trappeniers | 🇧🇪 |
RB Paul Lieben | 🇧🇪 |
RB John De Schrijver | 🇧🇪 |
CB Jos Velser | 🇧🇪 |
D Xavier Caers | 🇧🇪 |
D Bob Geens | 🇧🇪 |
D Jos Heyligen | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ |
M Louis van Gaal | 🇳🇱 |
M Flemming Lund | 🇩🇰 |
W Joseph Deraeve | 🇧🇪 |
CF Karl Kodat | 🇦🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Karl Kodat | 🇦🇹 | (M August Wilmssen | 🇧🇪 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🟨 | 24’ Booking, Charlie Aitken
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 0-1, (Royal Antwerp), Jos Heylighen
🥅 | 33’ Goal, 0-2, (Royal Antwerp), Karl Kodat
🥅 | 35’ Goal, 0-3, (Royal Antwerp), Karl Kodat
🥅 | 43’ Goal, 0-4, (Royal Antwerp), Karl Kodat
🕒 | HT Royal Antwerp 4-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-4, Ray Graydon, Assist by Frank Carrodus
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Chico Hamilton, Sub on, Steve Hunt
🕒 | FT Royal Antwerp 4-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa face Royal Antwerp F.C. for the first time in competitive football, Antwerp become the 111th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football and Villa’s first continental European opponents.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa's first ever European fixture ends in heavy defeat. Meanwhile, after a difficult display, celebrated Villa 'keeper Jim Cumbes made his final appearance aged 31 before moving on to Portland Timbers in March 1976. Cumbes played for Villa between 1971-72 and 1975-76 making 183 appearances and conceding 173 goals at a rate of just 0.95 goals per game as Villa climbed back through the Leagues.

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