Game #3416
Aston Villa
13-3-8, 29 PTS

Saturday, 12 February 1977
4th= (-)
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
GK John Burridge | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Chris Nicholl | ๐ฌ๐ง |
RB John Gidman | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB John Robson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Alex Cropley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Leighton Phillips | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Dennis Mortimer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Frank Carrodus | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F John Deehan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Ron Saunders | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982

Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
M David T Hughes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
W Ray Graydon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Andy Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Team News
Gordon Cowans replaces Andy Gray.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.77 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | ๐ฌ๐ง | 30.36 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 18.31 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
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 Robsonโs side the win.
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.
Starting XI

Lost
0-1
๐ฅ 12 Feb 1977, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ฅ | 30' Missed Penalty (Ipswich Town), Kevin Beattie
๐ฅ
| 45โ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Clive Woods
๐ | HT Ipswich Town 1-0 Aston Villa
๐ | FT Ipswich Town 1-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #134 |
Saturday, 12 February 1977
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trevor Spencer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Salisbury, 1972-1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: Trevor Spencer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Salisbury, 1972-1984
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982
๐ 134 | ๐ฉ | 64 ๐จ | 34 ๐ฅ 36 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
"We're down to our last resources.
โIโve always said we're not properly equipped for a long run."
Ron Saunders.
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.
Division One
Ipswich Town
14-6-3, 34 PTS
Portman Road
Attendance: 29,750
GK Laurie Sivell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Mick Mills | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Allan Hunter | ๐ฌ๐ง |
CB Kevin Beattie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
D Les Tibbott | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Brian Talbot | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M John Wark | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
W Clive Woods | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Roger Osborne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Paul Mariner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Trevor Whymark | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Bobby Robson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
F Eric Gates | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐
FA Cup Winners: โ
League Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: 1961-62
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded



















