Aston Villa

7-3-5, 17 PTS

Saturday, 12 November 1977

1977-78

8th= (-2)

Lost

0-1

Middlesbrough

5-5-5, 15 PTS

Division One

Villa Park

Attendance: 31,837

On This Day

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Saturday, 12 November 1977

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🟥 12 Nov 1977, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 180 | 🟩 | 88 🟨 | 45 🟥 47 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Game #3462

Match Record

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #180 |
Saturday, 12 November 1977

Game Record

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Don Biddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1973-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Total 🕒 92 | 🟩 W44 (48% ) | 🟨 D21 | 🇺(71% ) | 🟥 L27 (29% ) | ⚽ 173 | 🥅 123 | GD 50

Villa Trophy Cabinet

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Head to Head

Opposition Trophy Cabinet

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Team News

Unavailable

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

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Stan Cummings
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough

Line Up & Subs

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK Pat Cuff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Ramage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Terry Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Stan Cummins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Graeme Hedley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Officials

Referee: Don Biddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1973-1979
Linesmen: L. A. Bates (Acton Trussell); D. E. Wise (Welland)

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

None

Opposition Bookings

None

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

Matchday Squads

Goalkeepers
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Goalkeepers
GK Pat Cuff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
D Ian Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Ramage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
LB Terry Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Graeme Hedley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Stan Cummins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Match Media

What they Said

“[Two months], that's how long it has taken to get back on the right lines - and then this happens.”

Ron Saunders.

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

Defenders

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

168

✅

167

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

🕒

141

✅

137

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

RB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Midfielders

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

156

✅

156

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Forwards

CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

205

✅

198

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

1977-78

First Team Squad

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #567 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Coventry City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2025

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #594 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Darlington FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #593 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Brighouse Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #598 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Bradford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #562 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2004

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #580 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Birmingham City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #588 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening 🇫🇮 Retired

W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #569 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Altrincham FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #555 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #591 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Hamrun Spartans 🇲🇹 Retired

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #599 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Wigan Athletic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #590 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #583 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Barnet 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2014

LB Mick Buttress | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #586 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Gillingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #595 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Chester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #589 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Bolton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Adrian O'Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aylesbury United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #579 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Barnsley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #577 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Blyth Spartans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Charlie Young | 🇨🇾 | #585 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Gillingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #572 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Exeter City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #560 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Darlington FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #584 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Portsmouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #582 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Burnley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Hibernian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Retired

CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #578 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Cheltenham Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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