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Game #3450

Friday, 23 September 1977

Attendance: 40,403

Won

Division One

5th= (+8)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

DWWLW

Villa Park

Villa leave it late to secure victory over Wolves at Villa Park as John Deehan adds the second on 90' but Villa zoom up the table to joint 5th place by virtue of playing ahead of the pack on this Friday night.

Aston Villa

2-0

Wolves

Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 90' |

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MATCH TIMELINE

HT Aston Villa 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
75’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Colin Brazier
90’ Goal, 2-0, John Deehan, Assist by Alex Cropley
FT Aston Villa 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa bounce back from their loss to forest to beat Wolves and make it three wins, one draw and three defeats in seven division one games this season.

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Wanderers

FIXTURE HISTORY

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #168 |
Friday, 23 September 1977

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Ron Saunders |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | DWWLW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

CARDS

Villa

None

Wolverhampton Wanderers

None

Unknown

TEAM NEWS

Gordon Smith replaces John Robson.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.61 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 29.64 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 18.92 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Saunders

Aston Villa

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Parkes, Brazier, Palmer, McAlle, Daly, Patching (Bell), Daley, Hibbit, Carr, Richards, Sunderland,. Manager: Cyril Chung.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
John Robson |

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

"We will not know the extent of the damage until the bruising has come out.

“But clearly he [Gordon Smith] and [John] Robson will have to make a rapid improvement if they are to travel to Turkey.

"I shall name my squad in the morning when I have had a further chance to assess the injury situation and after a full report how the reserves played in the Central League game at Bolton.”

Ron Saunders with Andy Gray Alex Cropley, Frank Carrodus and Brian Little carrying injuries.

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