Game #3403
Aston Villa
8-2-5, 18 PTS
Saturday, 20 November 1976
Drew
4th= (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 40,047
Coventry City
Villa Park
5-3-4, 13 PTS
Two Chris Nicholl errors, following blunders against Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion cost Villa despite Coventry being swamped by another strong attacking performance from Villa.
Aston Villa
2-2
Coventry City
Assist(s) | Frank Carrodus | 44' | Alex Cropley | 74' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 November 1976
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-0, John Gidman, Assist by Frank Carrodus
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-1, (Coventry City), Mick Ferguson
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 1-2, (Coventry City), Mick Ferguson
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-2, Andy Gray, Assist by Alex Cropley
🟥 | 77’ Sending off, (Coventry City), John Beck, Kick
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Coventry City
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa draw for the second successive game to make it eight wins, two draws and five defeats in fifteen division one games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Coventry City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #121 |
Saturday, 20 November 1976
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Yates | 🏴 | Redditch, 1966-1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 121 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 | 32 🟥 33 | 1.65
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Yates | 🏴 | Redditch, 1966-1977
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟥
John Yates
CARDS
Villa
None
Coventry City
🟥
TEAM NEWS
Jake Findlay and John Deehan come in for their first starts of the season in place of John Burridge and Ray Graydon.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.20 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.13 |
Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 19.30 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Gordon Milne | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jake Findlay | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Coventry City
GK Jim Blyth | 🏴 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Jimmy Holmes | 🇮🇪 |
M John Beck | 🏴 |
M Barry Powell | 🏴 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴 |
W Donal Murphy | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Donal Murphy | 🇮🇪 | (M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
GK John Burridge | 🏴 |
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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