Game #3416
Saturday, 12 February 1977
Attendance: 29,750
Lost
Division One
4th= (-)
Ipswich Town
WWDWL
Portman Road
Villa are frustratingly beaten by the irritants from Ipswich - with a manager who seems constantly angry - to suffer their first defeat in six as a bare bones youthful side concede a sloppy free kick that hands Bobby Robson’s side the win.
Ipswich Town
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
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45’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Woods
HT Ipswich Town 1-0 Aston Villa
FT Ipswich Town 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in six to make it thirteen wins, three draws and eight defeats in twenty four division one games this season.
Aston Villa
Ipswich Town
FIXTURE HISTORY
Ipswich Town
Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #134 |
Saturday, 12 February 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWDWL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Gordon Cowans replaces Andy Gray.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.77 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 30.36 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 18.31 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders
Aston Villa
GK John Burridge |
CB Chris Nicholl |
RB John Gidman |
FB John Robson |
M Alex Cropley |
M Leighton Phillips |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Dennis Mortimer |
W Frank Carrodus |
F Brian Little |
F John Deehan |
Ipswich Town
Sivell, Mills, Tibbott, Hunter, Beattie, Talbot, Wark, Woods (g), Whymark, Osbourne, Mariner. Manager: Bobby Robson.
SUBSTITUTES
None
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M David Hughes |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
Ray Graydon
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
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"We're down to our last resources.
”I’ve always said we're not properly equipped for a long run."
Ron Saunders.
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 14 February 1977
Meanwhile in a parallel universe:
BLUES FANS IN REVOLT. MORE than two thousand Birmingham City supporters signed a petition at St. Andrews yesterday demanding the resignation of the board.
The protest at Birmingham's failure to keep pace with neighbouring Aston Villa was organised by a committee of four British Leyland car workers John Witham, Jim Dixon, Frank Bennett and Alan Cornforth.
"We are not playing about." said a committee spokesman. "We will carry on for as long and as hard as is the road we have to travel."
We had a great response from disillusioned supporters. Our phones never stopped ringing with offers to help and the fans backed us up at the ground.
"We shall now take the petition all over the Midlands and into factories. We must show the board that we are not satisfied with their leadership."
The rebel Blues supporters sey that the Aston Villa boardroom revolution. in 1968 and subsequent playing success have influenced them.