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Game #3449

Saturday, 17 September 1977

Attendance: 31,016

Lost

Division One

13th= (-3)

Nottingham Forest

WDWWL

City Ground

Villa crash at the City Ground just days after their best performance of the season to date against Fenerbahçe and Ron Saunders is in no mood for forgiveness.

Nottingham Forest

2-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

6’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Tony Woodcock
HT Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa
90’ Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), John Robertson
FT Nottingham Forest 2-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in five matches to make it two wins, one draw and three defeats in six division one games this season. Meanwhile, full back John Robson made his final appearance for Villa aged 27 before retiring from football after his contract was cancelled in November 1978. Robson had been diagnosed as being in the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS) and was forced to retire from playing. Robson played for Villa between 1972-73 and 1977-78 making 176 appearances, scoring once.

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59

FIXTURE HISTORY

Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #167 |
Saturday, 17 September 1977

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Ron Saunders |
Referee | Alan Porter, Bolton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-2 |
Last 5 Games | WDWWL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alan Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1973-1981
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Nottingham Forest

None

Alan Porter

TEAM NEWS

Gordon Cowans replaces Andy Gray.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.96 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 29.62 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 18.90 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Saunders

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer |
CB Ken McNaught |
RB John Gidman |
FB John Robson |
M Leighton Phillips |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Alex Cropley |
M Dennis Mortimer |
W Frank Carrodus |
F John Deehan |
F Brian Little |

Nottingham Forest

Shilton, Barrett, Lloyd, Burns, Anderson, Bowyer, McGovern, Robertson (g), O’Neill, Woodcock (g), Withe (ex). Manager: Brian Clough.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

FB Gordon Smith |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

None

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"I never criticise my players publicly because I do not think it is fair on them, but I know what the problem is and I shall be taking steps to do something about it.

"We have thrown away so many points this season and we did it again against Forest.

“It's obvious to me where the weaknesses lie and I shall be sorting things out with the players.

"We have too many good players but at the moment we haven't a good team."

Ron Saunders.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 19 September 1977