Game #3426
Aston Villa
15-5-8, 35 PTS
Saturday, 2 April 1977
Drew
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 27,958
Bristol City
Ashton Gate
7-9-14, 23 PTS
Villa are held to a goalless draw at Ashton Gate as they remain 8th in the table but with five games in hand on the leaders who are ten points ahead. Villa however should have had both points from the game but for a bizarre refereeing incident that saw a Bristol City handle on the line to prevent Charlie Young's header hitting the net only for Derek Nippard to visibly nod his approval and wave play on.
Bristol City
0-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
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Saturday, 2 April 1977
🕒 | HT Bristol City 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Bristol City 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, John Gidman
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa make it fifteen wins, five draws and eight defeats in twenty eight division one games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Bristol City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Bristol City
Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #144 |
Saturday, 2 April 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1967-1978 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 144 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 | 39 🟥 37 | 1.69
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1967-1978 🆘
🆘 A defender, a fist, no goal, no penalty
Previous 5:
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Cards: 🟨
Derek Nippard
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Bristol City
None
TEAM NEWS
Chris Nicholl and Alex Cropley return in place of Gordon Cowans and Leighton Phillips.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.49 |
Youngest Player |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴 | 19.14 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Alan Dicks | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK John Burridge | 🏴 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 🟨 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
Bristol City
GK John Shaw | 🏴 |
CB Gary Collier | 🏴 |
CB Geoff Merrick | 🏴 |
CB Norman Hunter | 🏴 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Mann | 🏴 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴 |
M Keith Fear | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Keith Fear | 🏴 | (CF Chris Garland | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
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
Injury | 1 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
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
"We didn't play well at all.
“We had a couple of spells in the second half when we began to look interesting for a while but basically we never got started.
"For some reason we weren't doing the simple things well, as we normally do.
“We tried to hit the clever pass instead of the easy one when there was just no need.
“But we have a game on Tuesday [against Middlesbrough] which gives us an early chance to put things right."
Ron Saunders.
"We are in a difficult position.
“We have to survive in in the First Division and that means we have to contain first and attack later.
"That emphasis may mean that we are slow to break and that we are not a particularly entertaining watch.”
Bristol City manager Alan Dicks.
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