Villa vs.
Royal Antwerp F.C.
🟥 1 October 1975, Villa 0-1 Antwerp, Villa Park.


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

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

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


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

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

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.