Game #3428
Aston Villa
16-5-9, 37 PTS
Saturday, 9 April 1977


Lost
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Derby County
7-13-12, 27 PTS
Baseball Ground
Attendance: 28,061
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Derby County
2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 10' |
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 April 1977
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Andy Gray
🔁 | 21’ Sub off, Frank Carrodus, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
🚑 | 45’ Player retires from field of play with injury, Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Derby County 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 1-1, (Derby County), Leighton James
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 1-2, (Derby County), Derek Hales
🕒 | FT Derby County 2-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 9 April 1977
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa 🟥 lose for the 🕒 first time in six League games to make it 🟩 sixteen wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 nine defeats in 🕒 thirty division one games this season.
Villa though remain seventh, ten points behind the leaders with five games in hand.
But it is the tackles of Roy McFarland - which leaves Villa with ten men - the state of the pitch, performance of the referee and questionable intimidatory tactics of Charlie George throughout the game on goalkeeper John Burridge 🏴 - and which resulted in Derby’s lucky second goal - that dominate the headlines.
Needless to say Derby come out with no credit against Ron Saunders' vibrant Villa.
Right back John Gidman 🏴 makes his 🕒 150th start in a Villa shirt.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 90th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 173rd appearance (166 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W80 🟨 D48 🟥 L45, ⚽ 54 Goals and 🔥 36 Assists at a rate of one every 1.92 games.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Derby County


League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Saturday, 9 April 1977
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hunting | 🏴 | Leicester, 1974-1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 146 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 39 🟥 38 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Hunting | 🏴 | Leicester, 1974-1984
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
🆘 Utterly failed to clamp down and stop Roy McFarland's excuse for tackles that left Villa with 10 men after 44' and allowed George to exhibit unsportsmanlike behaviour throughout.
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.19 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.51 |
Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 19.69 |
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MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Aston Villa
GK John Burridge | 🏴 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🚑 | ❌ |
MANAGER
Colin Murphy | 🏴 |

Derby County
GK Colin Boulton | 🏴 |
RB Ron Webster | 🏴 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
RB Steve Powell | 🏴 |
CB Roy McFarland | 🏴 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴 |
M Leighton James | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 |
F Charlie George | 🏴 |
CF Derek Hales | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | for W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | 21' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Peter Daniel | 🏴 |
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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | | 15 | 6* | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

None
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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