Game #3439
Aston Villa
21-6-13, 48 PTS
Monday, 16 May 1977
Won
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 28,963
Stoke
Villa Park
10-14-18, 34 PTS
Aston Villa
1-0
Stoke City
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa play their fourteenth game in 43 days as they beat Stoke through Andy Gray’s first goal since Match in the first of three Villa Park games to end the season. Villa climb back to fifth place in the table with two to play despite many of the first division having already finished their season.
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 16 May 1977
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
🔁 | 55' Sub off, John Deehan, Sub on, Ivor Linton 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa win after two successive losses to bring some momentum back to their top four challenge with two games in hand over their rivals.
Villa make it twenty one wins, six draws and thirteen defeats in forty division one games this season and courtesy of Ipswich’s defeat in the last of their completed fixtures, Villa have an opportunity to match their points total and finish in third place in the League.
Wins in the final two games of the season will secure Villa’s highest finish since finishing runners up in 1932-33.
Meanwhile, midfielder Ivor Linton made his Villa debut aged 17 after joining from school football in 1976.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Stoke
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
FIXTURE HISTORY
Stoke
Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #54 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #157 |
Monday, 16 May 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Jim Bent | 🏴 | Hemel Hempstead, 1972-1978
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 157 | 🟩 | 75 🟨 | 40 🟥 42 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Bent | 🏴 | Hemel Hempstead, 1972-1978
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Jim Bent
CARDS
Villa
None
Stoke
None
TEAM NEWS
Leighton Phillips replaces Charlie Young.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.39 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.61 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 18.56 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
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 Waddington | 🏴 |
Stoke
GK Peter Shilton | 🏴 |
D Denis Smith | 🏴 |
CB Alan Dodd | 🏴 |
RB Jackie Marsh | 🏴 |
M Alan Suddick | 🏴 |
M Alan Bloor | 🏴 |
M Geoff Salmons | 🏴 |
M John Mahoney | 🏴 |
M John Ruggiero | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Terry Conroy | 🇮🇪 |
CF Garth Crooks | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴 | 🟢 | for F John Deehan | 🏴 | 55' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M John Ruggiero | 🏴 | (CF Dave Goodwin | 🏴 |)
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
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
🟢 M Ivor Linton | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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