Game #3435
Aston Villa
19-6-11, 44 PTS
Wednesday, 4 May 1977
Drew
5th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 36,190
Manchester City
Villa Park
19-13-7, 51 PTS
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.
Aston Villa
1-1
Manchester City
Assist(s) | John Robson | 69' |
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
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
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
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tom Reynolds | 🏴 | Swansea, 1968-1979 🆘
🆘 "His decisions were repeatedly the opposite of what the supporters expected."
Previous 5:
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Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Tom Reynolds
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Manchester City
🟨
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
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Tony Book | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
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
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Brian Kidd | 🏴 | (M Jimmy Conway | 🇮🇪 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not Recorded
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
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
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