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Game #3435

Aston Villa

19-6-11, 44 PTS

Wednesday, 4 May 1977

Aston Villa

1-1

Manchester City

Division One

Manchester City

19-13-7, 51 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 36,190

Drew

5th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Assist(s) | John Robson | 69' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa play their tenth game in 32 days as Brian Little scored his 24th goal of the season to earn a home draw with Manchester City, inadvertently however that goal, and Villa’s failure to find a winner effectively puts the title out of reach for Ron Saunders’ men. Manchester City, also in the chasing pack launch a full scale physical assault at Villa Park in their desperate attempts to stay on level terms as a poor referee never looks in control. Villa remain fifth in the table, ten points behind leaders Liverpool with two games in hand.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 4 May 1977

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Dennis Tueart
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 1-1, Brian Little, Assist by John Robson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City

🟨 | Booking, John Deehan, Tackle

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa draw with title rivals City to make it nineteen wins, six draws and eleven defeats in thirty six division one games this season and are now without a win in three and have three games in hand over Ipswich who are five points ahead.

Aston Villa

UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Manchester City

UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #153 |
Wednesday, 4 May 1977

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tom Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1968-1979 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 153 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 | 40 🟥 40 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tom Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1968-1979 🆘
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
🆘 "His decisions were repeatedly the opposite of what the supporters expected."
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 January 1976, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨 🟨

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🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Chris Nicholl and Dennis Mortimer return from injury in place of Keith Masefield and David Hughes.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.36 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.58 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.53 |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tony Book | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ged Keegan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Royle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Kidd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Brian Kidd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Jimmy Conway | 🇮🇪 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

MATCH REPORT

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