Game #3392
Aston Villa
3-0-3, 6 PTS
Saturday, 18 September 1976
Lost
8th= (-4)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 50,084
Birmingham City
Villa Park
2-2-2, 6 PTS
Aston Villa
1-2
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Brian Little | 14' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa prove their own worst enemies as John Burridge has nothing to do except pick two goals out of the net after two needless first half Villa mistakes from the normally dependable Chris Nicholl and Leighton Phillips whilst Villa miss their scoring opportunities to lose a second successive game and fall back to 8th in the first division table.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 September 1976
🟨 | 11' Booking, John Robson, High tackle
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City), Kenny Burns
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 1-2, (Birmingham City), John Connolly
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Birmingham City
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, John Robson, Sub on Steve Hunt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Birmingham City
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa make it three wins and three defeats in six division one games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #110 |
Saturday, 18 September 1976
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 110 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 30 🟥 31 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Birmingham City
None
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.23 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.96 |
Youngest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 20.82 |
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 | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Willie Bell | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Dave Latchford | 🏴 |
LB Tony Want | 🏴 |
LB Archie Styles | 🏴 |
CB Kenny Burns | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴 |
D Malcolm Page | 🏴 |
M Terry Hibbitt | 🏴 |
M Howard Kendall | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Gary Jones | 🏴 |
W John Connolly | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | for FB John Robson | 🏴 | 67' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Howard Kendall | 🏴 | (M Jimmy Calderwood | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I should have fly-kicked the ball away from John Connolly instead of trying to play clever.
“But sometimes you do daft things.”
Leighton Phillips.
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