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Game #3380

Aston Villa

9-14-14, 32 PTS

Saturday, 3 April 1976

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Lost

18th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division One

Birmingham City

11-6-19, 28 PTS

St Andrew's

Attendance: 46,251

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

Birmingham City

3-2

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Aston Villa

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🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 April 1976

🥅 | 18’ Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Terry Hibbitt
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 1-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Chris Nicholl
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 1-2, (Birmingham City), Kenny Burns
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-2, Ray Graydon (pen)
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 2-3, (Birmingham City), Trevor Francis
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 3-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 April 1976

Ron Saunders' Villa make it nine wins, fourteen draws and fourteen defeats in thirty seven League games following their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, Midfielder Chico Hamilton made his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Sheffield United in July 1976. Chico played for Villa between 1969-70 and 1975-76 making 250 appearances and scoring 48 goals.

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1969-76 | 🕒 251 | 234 (17) | ⚽ 48 | 🔥 46 | 🇺 19 | #535 |

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75

Birmingham City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #98 |
Saturday, 3 April 1976

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🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1973-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 98 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 27 🟥 28 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1973-1983
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 28 December 1974, Villa 1-3 Cardiff, Ninian Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.50 |

Youngest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 20.36 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Willie Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Dave Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Want | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Archie Styles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kenny Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Jimmy Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Emmanuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Terry Hibbitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Howard Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Andy Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Bob Hatton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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MATCH QUOTES

“They were only upfield twice in the second half. “We had so much of the ball that my goalkeeper John Burridge was catching cold.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 5 April 1976

In the end it came down to commitment: Birmingham City beat Aston Villa 3-2 at St. Andrew’s because they had more men who desperately wanted to win. Villa played the better, more pleasing football, and looked the team with a brighter future, but players like Chris Nicholl, Andy Gray, lan Robson, Frank Carrodus and Dennis Mortimer were sometimes let down by others. Blues, on the other hand, had everybody battling and while a draw or Villa victory would have been a fair result on the run of play Blues deserved a reward for their effort. Nobody typified this more than Howard Kendall, who splashed his skill with sweat and had the satisfaction of making his team’s 84th minute winner which was flicked into the net by Trevor Francis. It was a dramatic end to a superb derby, a match which was intense. fluctuating and thrilling. Blues led three times, through Terry Hibbitt, his first goal for the club. Kenny Burns, back after suspension and in the attack, and finally, Francis. Villa equalised first through the courageous Gray and secondly through a Ray Graydon penalty. On Saturday it looked harsh but watching it on television yesterday confirmed to me that referee Clive White was correct. Joe Gallagher’s foot shot out and brought down Graydon after the ball had gone. It was a game of many chances. far more than are usual in derbies. Andy Needham hugely miskicked the chance to make a name for himself from six yards out; Chico Hamilton was four yards nearer the goal when he missed his opportunity. Those were the best but there were others as both defences showed their failings. Blues. at least, had excuses with Gallagher struggling with a back injury and Archie Styles suffering from a groin strain. Villa’s manager, Ron Saunders. summed up his team’s patchwork display by wondering how Blues could win when “they were only upfield twice in the second half.” adding: “We had so much of the ball that my goalkeeper. John Burridge was catching cold.” Then he answered himself by saying that his team “gave” Blues three goals, an unspoken admission that it must be strengthened if Villa are to get anywhere near the top next season. But at least Villa showed with players like Gray, John Gidman, Brian Little, John Burridge and Mortimer they can only improve whereas Blues showed just how difficult their manager Willie Bell’s task will be next season whether they are relegated or not. He has no money apparently, or at least not enough, and in attack only the abiding brilliance of Francis. He wants away., of course, and after scoring the goal which seems likely to keep Blues in the First Division he deserves his transfer. It may be irreverent but I couldn’t help thinking what a good forward line Francis, Gray and Little would make.
Reports

🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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