Game #3432
Aston Villa
19-5-9, 43 PTS
Saturday, 23 April 1977
Won
5th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 35,899
Norwich City
Villa Park
13-7-19, 33 PTS
Villa play their seventh game in 21 days as they beat Norwich to remain fifth in the table, seven points behind leaders Liverpool with three games in hand. In search of their latest win to keep up their title chase, Villa are subject to the typical foul play repertoire of John Bond’s Norwich who are lucky not to have players sent from the field for their over the top tackling.
Aston Villa
1-0
Norwich City
Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 30' |
KEY MAN
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Saturday, 23 April 1977
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Alex Cropley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich City
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Dennis Mortimer, Sub on, David Hughes
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich City
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa in the boss' 150th game in charge record a fourth successive League win to make it nineteen wins, five draws and nine defeats in thirty three division one games this season. As Villa win, title rivals Ipswich lose again and now have a lead of just six points against Villa's five games in hand. Liverpool and Manchester City make up the rest of the challengers.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Norwich City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62
FIXTURE HISTORY
Norwich City
Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #150 |
Saturday, 23 April 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 150 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 | 39 🟥 38 | 1.72
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Keith Hackett
CARDS
Villa
None
Norwich City
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Charlie Young replaces Chris Nicholl.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.05 |
Oldest Player |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 | 29.78 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 18.50 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
John Bond | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK John Burridge | 🏴 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
Norwich City
GK Roger Hansbury | 🏴 |
LB Colin Sullivan | 🏴 |
CB Duncan Forbes | 🏴 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴 |
M Roger Gibbins | 🏴 |
M Billy Steele | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Mel Machin | 🏴 |
M Colin Suggett | 🏴 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Hughes | 🏴 | for M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 72' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Billy Steele | 🏴 | (CB David Jones | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“How can I? [Talk about title chances].
"The problem that is concerning me the most is all our injuries.
"They are getting so bad that when a player knocks on my door the first thing I ask him about is his fitness.
“If he's fit, and it doesn't matter if he's an apprentice, he could well be in the side.
"At the end of the day you can only blame the referee [Keith Hackett] for what went on.
"All I can say is that I am proud of my players because they never took the law into their own hands.
“I never talk about pure football and all that rubbish. This is a man's game. But you also expect referees to interpret the laws correctly.”
Ron Saunders.
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