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Game #3461

Aston Villa

7-3-4, 17 PTS

Saturday, 5 November 1977

Won

6th= (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division One

Liverpool

Attendance: 50,436

Anfield

7-4-3, 18 PTS

Liverpool

1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Frank Carrodus | 41' | Ken McNaught | 72' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Andy Gray scores for the ninth time in as many games as Frank Carrodus dubiously claims the first before conceding an own goal equaliser for Liverpool. Villa though show their resilience with the winner on 72’ to climb to 6th in the table under Ron Saunders.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 November 1977

⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Frank Carrodus
🕒 | HT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 59’ Booking, John Gidman, Dissent
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 1-1, (Liverpool), Frank Carrodus o.g.
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Ken McNaught
🟨 | 83’ Booking, Alex Cropley, Foul
🕒 | FT Liverpool 1-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa go six games unbeaten in the league as they beat champions Liverpool at Anfield to make it seven wins, three draws and four defeats in fourteen division one games this season.

Aston Villa

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

Liverpool

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Liverpool

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #179 |
Saturday, 5 November 1977

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Keith Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1974-1980
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 179 | 🟩 | 88 🟨 | 45 🟥 46 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1974-1980
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨

Liverpool

None

TEAM NEWS

Gordon Cowans replaces John Deehan.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.89 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.76 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.04 |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bob Paisley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Ray Clemence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Phil Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Emlyn Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joey Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ian Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Heighway | 🇮🇪 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ray Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kenny Dalglish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Fairclough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Terry McDermott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“It was over the line before Andy touched it.”

Frank Carrodus.



"Each night I have to slip a plank under the mattress and I will have to continue doing so for another two to three months.

"It's part of the treatment for an injury I suffered a few months ago to one of my vertebrae. The funny thing is that I still can't touch my toes and yet it doesn't seem to affect my football.

"There's no way that Frank scored. I'm paid to finish off moves and that's just what I did.

“Anyway, if you're playing at Anfield and you're on the winning side and you think you've scored you're not going to give up a goal to anyone!”

Andy Gray.


"After 19 games for us and internationals as well John [Deehan] was shattered and he really needed a rest.

“That's why I brought in Gordon [Cowans] on the left. It was the first time this season that we have had four men in midfield, and it worked.

“In fact I think that it was our most professional performance of the season.”

Ron Saunders.

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