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Game #3426

Saturday, 2 April 1977

Attendance: 27,958

Drew

Division One

8th (-)

Bristol City

DDLWD

Ashton Gate

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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MATCH TIMELINE

HT Bristol City 0-0 Aston Villa
FT Bristol City 0-0 Aston Villa

Cards.
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

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 |
Referee | Derek Nippard, Christchurch |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Last 5 Games | DDLWD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards:

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Bristol City

None

Derek Nippard

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

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

Shaw, Collier, Merrick, Hunter, Gillies, Whitehead, Tainton, Sweeney, Mann, Gow, Fear (Garland). Manager: Alan Dicks.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Gordon Cowans |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

None

UNAVAILABLE

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

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PROGRAMME

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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.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 4 April 1977