Game #3469
Aston Villa
8-4-7, 20 PTS
Saturday, 17 December 1977
11th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
LB Mick Buttress | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 John Gidman, Foul (14)
🟨 Andy Gray, Dissent (5)
🟨 Leighton Phillips, Foul (10)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
🟥 John Gidman (2)
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
Team News
Gordon Cowans replaces Alex Cropley.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.70 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 29.87 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 19.15 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Lost
0-1
🟥 17 Dec 1977, Villa 0-1 Boro, Ayresome
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🟨 | 45’ Booking, John Gidman, Foul
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-0 Aston Villa
🟥 | 72’ Sending off, John Gidman, Innocuous foul
🟨 | 72’ Booking, Andy Gray, Dissent
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Graeme Hedley
🟨 | 86’ Booking, Leighton Phillips, Foul
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 1-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #187 |
Saturday, 17 December 1977
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Arnold Challinor | 🏴 | Maltby, 1977-1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: Arnold Challinor | 🏴 | Maltby, 1977-1984
Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 93 | 🟩 W44 (47% ) | 🟨 D21 | 🇺(70% ) | 🟥 L28 (30% ) | ⚽ 173 | 🥅 124 | GD 49
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 187 | 🟩 | 90 🟨 | 47 🟥 50 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Middlesbrough
6-6-8, 18 PTS
Ayresome Park
Attendance: 14,999
GK Pat Cuff | 🏴 |
D Ian Bailey | 🏴 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴 |
CB Alan Ramage | 🏴 |
CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴 |
M Graeme Hedley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Stan Cummins | 🏴 |
F David Mills | 🏴 |
John Neal | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
F Billy Woof | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
🟥 John Gidman (2)
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
A cynic would say it was payback for Villa’s criticism and complaints against referee Jim Bent in the match against Albion that saw midfielder Alex Cropley 🏴 suffer a double fracture to his left leg and the officials subject to widespread condemnation….
Villa, in their very next game have 🟨 three booked and 🟥 one sent off in an atmosphere of such injustice that the opposition team, officials and local TV network come out in support of the wronged player.
Villa make it 🟩 eight wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 seven defeats in 🕒 nineteen division one games this season.
Right back John Gidman 🏴 makes is 🟥 sent off on his 🕒 175th appearance in a Villa shirt. It's Gidman's second sending off coming after his red card against Oldham three years earlier.
What they Said
“The referee told me that he had sent Gidman off for deliberately chopping down and opponent from behind.
“I am not allowed to criticise his decisions, so all I can say is that Gidman is sick about it, insisting that he played the ball.
“I am sure you all saw if for yourselves.
“Some of the Middlesbrough officials were obviously incensed about it too, and they immediately offered to support my player.
“I have also watched a slow motion run of television film and I am sure it absolves Gidman.
“Tyne-Tees TV have offered to let me have a copy of the film to use in evidence.”
Ron Saunders.
“We shall back Villa up.”
John Neal, Middlesbrough manager.
“In neither case did I foul him [45’ and 72’].
“In the first instance he ran into me and I caught him with my elbow.
“In the second I played the ball in a tackle from the side, not from behind.”
John Gidman.