Game #3426
Aston Villa
15-5-8, 35 PTS
Saturday, 2 April 1977
Bristol City
0-0
Aston Villa
Division One
Bristol City
7-9-14, 23 PTS
Ashton Gate
Attendance: 27,958
Drew
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
MATCH TIMELINE
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 DETAILS
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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
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1967-1978 🆘
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
🆘 A defender, a fist, no goal, no penalty
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 September 1976, Villa 1-2 QPR, Loftus Road.
Cards: 🟨
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
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
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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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Alan Dicks | 🏴 |
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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
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No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Keith Fear | 🏴 | (CF Chris Garland | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_8e3366530e8f4ad0be456ed0430d548c~mv2.gif)
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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