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Game #3390

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 September 1976

Won

1st= (-)

WLWWW

Division One

Attendance: 39,916

Ipswich Town

Villa Park

Villa dispatch much fancied Ipswich in a devastating second half spell that sees a 19 minute hat-trick from 20 year old Andy Gray - Villa's first top flight league hat-trick since Tony Hateley in the 5-5 draw with Tottenham in March 1966.

Aston Villa

5-2

Ipswich Town

Assist(s) | Brian Little | 57' | Gordon Smith | 77' |

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Saturday, 4 September 1976

6’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little
17’ Goal, 1-1, (Ipswich Town), John Wark
HT Aston Villa 2-0 Ipswich Town
57’ Goal, 2-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
62’ Goal, 3-1, Andy Gray
76’ Goal, 3-2, (Ipswich Town), Keith Bertschin
77’ Goal, 4-2, Andy Gray, Assist by Gordon Smith
89’ Goal, 5-2, Ray Graydon
FT Aston Villa 5-2 Ipswich Town

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa make it three wins and one defeat in four division one games this season as they remain top of the early table with three of the top four scorers in the League being Villa players. Meanwhile, Andy Gray became the first Villa player to score a hat-trick in the First Division since Tony Hateley when he scored four goals in the 5-5 draw against Tottenham at White Hart Lane in March 1966.

Aston Villa

Ipswich Town

FIXTURE HISTORY

Ipswich Town

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Saturday, 4 September 1976

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Ron Saunders |
Referee | Ken Ridden, Shrewsbury |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 5-2 |
Last 5 Games | WLWWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Ridden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1977
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Ipswich Town

None

Ken Ridden

TEAM NEWS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.19 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 29.92 |

Youngest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 20.78 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Saunders

Aston Villa

GK John Burridge |
RB John Gidman |
CB Chris Nicholl |
FB John Robson |
FB Gordon Smith |
M Leighton Phillips |
M Dennis Mortimer |
W Frank Carrodus |
W Ray Graydon |
CF Andy Gray |
F Brian Little |

Ipswich Town

Cooper, Burley, Hunter, Mills, Sharkey (Turner), Beattie, Talbot, Wark (g), Bertschin (g), Lambert, Woods. Manager: Bobby Robson.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

W Steve Hunt |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

None

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“Brian [Little] has scored four goals this season which only he could have scored.

“It’s a pleasure to play alongside hime.

“I missed the easiest chance of a hat-trick when I put the ball over the bar just before I finally got my third.”

Andy Gray.


“He [Andy Gray] did nothing in the first half. But afterwards he ran riot and is going to be some player in two years’ time.

Ron Saunders.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 6 September 1976