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Game #3432

Aston Villa

19-5-9, 43 PTS

Saturday, 23 April 1977

Aston Villa

1-0

Norwich City

Division One

Norwich City

13-7-19, 33 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 35,899

Won

5th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 30' |

MATCH SUMMARY

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.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

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

Villa Vs.

Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 18 December 1976, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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🟨 🟨

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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

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

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🔁 | M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Billy Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CB David Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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 | 3 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

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

“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.

MATCH REPORT

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