Game #3406
Aston Villa
9-3-5, 21 PTS
Saturday, 11 December 1976
5th (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
GK Jake Findlay | 🏴 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴 | 🟢 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
LB Mick Buttress | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
GK John Burridge | 🏴 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
Team News
John Robson, John Deehan and Charlie Young (debut) replace Chris Nicholl, Gordon Smith and Steve Hunt.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.59 |
Oldest Player |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | 27.55 |
Youngest Player |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴 | 18.84 |
Debut Appearances
🟢 CB Charlie Young | 🏴 | #585 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 25' | 58' | Alex Cropley | 70' |
Assist(s) | Brian Little | 25' | Leighton Phillips | 58' | John Deehan | 70' |
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Charlie Young
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0. Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Littlle
🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), David McNiven
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 2-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Leighton Phillips
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 3-1, Alex Cropley, Assist by John Deehan
🕒 | FT Leeds United 0-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #124 |
Saturday, 11 December 1976
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: George Nolan | 🏴 | Stockport, 1976-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: George Nolan | 🏴 | Stockport, 1976-1979
Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 44 | 🟩 W18 (41% ) | 🟨 D10 | 🇺(64% ) | 🟥 L16 (36% ) | ⚽ 69 | 🥅 70 | GD -1
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 124 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 | 33 🟥 33 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Leeds United
5-7-5, 17 PTS
Elland Road
Attendance: 31,232
GK David Harvey | 🏴 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴 |
LB Peter Hampton | 🏴 |
CB Gordon McQueen | 🏴 |
RB Paul Reaney | 🏴 |
M Peter Lorimer | 🏴 |
W Eddie Gray | 🏴 |
W David McNiven | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴 |
CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴 |
Jimmy Armfield | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
CF Gary Liddell | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Villa cruise past Leeds thanks to Andy Gray 🏴 and Alex Cropley 🏴 as Ron Saunders' 🏴 youthful side show up their elders at Elland Road but a fortnight without a League game drops Villa to fifth.
Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴 makes it ⚽ 30 goals in a Villa shirt in 🕒 54 appearances at a rate of a goal every 1.80 games.
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa 🟩 win for the first time in four League games but are now unbeaten in six to make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 seventeen division one games this season.
Central defender Charlie Young 🏴 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up as a replacement for Chris Nicholl who's suffering from a broken nose.
Starting XI
Substitutes
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Sub 2
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Sub 3
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Sub 4
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Sub 5
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Match Media
What they Said
"I am not going to pick out any individual because it was a great all-round performance.
“You name him, and he played well.
"There was a lot to be satisfied about.
“It proves we have accomplished one more thing in our development and that all the hard work we have been doing has been worthwhile.
"We had a very young side out there today some might say too young.
“But we have a first-team squad of about only 13 players and concentrating as we do on our youth policy, it means that we don't always have the experience to fall back on when something goes wrong.
"We almost ruined poor John Deehan last season by playing him for such a long spell. But we are learning."
Ron Saunders.