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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

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.

KEY MAN

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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 HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Bristol City

Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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None

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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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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

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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

"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.

MATCH REPORT

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