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Game #3428

Aston Villa

16-5-9, 37 PTS

Saturday, 9 April 1977

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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

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Aston Villa

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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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
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Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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

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MATCH SUMMARY
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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: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 146 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 39 🟥 38 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Hunting | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1974-1984

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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🆘 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 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
"If I said anything about McFarland's tackle on Carrodus I would be in trouble. “I didn't see the Gray incident so I cannot comment. “I am hoping for a miracle cure [for Andy Gray after he was carried off with damaged ankle ligaments after Roy McFarland’s tackle to be ready in time for the League Cup replay on Wednesday. “He can not put his foot to the ground at the moment and time is running out for him. “But we can live in hope. "If looks as if that will rule him [Frank Carrodus] out for the rest of the season [Roy McFarland’s tackle that caused damaged knee ligaments]. "I haven't seen anything like it [Derby's mud flattened pitch which made a mockery of Villa’s attempts to play football] since Spain.” Ron Saunders. "The ankle is giving me pain and it is very swollen. “I am just keeping my fingers crossed that it will be improved in the morning. "If it is humanly possible I would love to play against Everton, but everything hinges on what happens in the next two days. "When I crashed to the ground at Derby I honestly thought the ankle was broken. "I felt a sickening pain and said to myself 'l've had it.' “I don't know how it happened, but I suppose I twisted the ankle on impact." Andy Gray. "I am upset and disgusted at suggestions from some quarters that I fouled Gray and Carrodus causing their injuries." "It's just not true. I have missed my share of important games through bad injuries and I appreciate how they must feel. “But my challenges on both player's were fair. The referee did not award a foul for either incident.” “We [Andy Gray and McFarland] both jumped for the ball. I don't know what happened. I certainly did not make contact with him. But Ron Webster, who was nearest to us, said afterwards that as Andy came down he twisted to try and get the ball. "As far as Carrodus was concerned, I just don't see how I can be blamed for that either. I went for the ball with him and kicked it 50 yards away. It was a fair tackle." Roy McFarland.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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