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Game #3382

Aston Villa

9-16-14, 34 PTS

Tuesday, 13 April 1976

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Drew

18th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

Division One

Coventry City

11-14-14, 36 PTS

Highfield Road

Attendance: 27,586

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

Coventry City

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Steve Hunt | 70' |

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 13 April 1976

🥅 | 34’ Goal, 0-1, Coventry City (pen), Mick Coop
🟨 | 38’ Booking, John Gidman, Foul
🟨 | 40’ Booking, Ray Graydon, Elbow
🕒 | HT Coventry City 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Chris Nicholl, Late tackle
💥 | 66’ Missed Penalty, Ray Graydon
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 1-1, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Steve Hunt
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Keith Masefield
🕒 | FT Coventry City 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 13 April 1976

Ron Saunders' Villa make it nine wins, sixteen draws and fourteen defeats in thirty nine League games following their return to the top flight.

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Coventry City

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

Aston Villa

Coventry City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Coventry City

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #100 |
Tuesday, 13 April 1976

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🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Roy Capey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1967-1977
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 100 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 29 🟥 28 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Roy Capey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1967-1977
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 18 September 1974, Villa 3-0 Everton, Goodison Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨 🟨

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🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.48 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.52 |

Youngest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.70 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Coventry City

GK Jim Blyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Graham Oakey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
D Chris Cattlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jimmy Holmes | 🇮🇪 |
M John Craven | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Cartwright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Green | 🇺🇸 |
CF David Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | FB Keith Masefield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 88' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Donal Murphy | 🇮🇪 |

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

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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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

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Wednesday, 14 April 1976

The duck wriggled uncomfortably for a long time; it squawked a lot too; but even after 90 minutes of fierce competitiveness it refused to break and Aston Villa are still waiting for their first away win of the season. A 34th minute Mick Coop penalty and headed goal by Chris Nicholl after 70 minutes were the end products of a match played at a breathtaking pace that saw Villa miss a penalty, four men booked and a couple of others fortunate to hear the final whistle. Tommy Hutchison must take all the credit for the Sky Blues taking a lead that was as unexpected as, at the time, it was undeserved. For the first time in the game Hutchison set off on one of those jinking runs that have thrilled Highfield Road crowds for years. He weaved his way past John Gidman, Ray Graydon and Dennis Mortimer before moving into the Villa penalty area where Leighton Phillips bundled him to the ground. Coop sent the spot kick to his left and Burridge to his right. It was a cruel piece of luck for Villa for during the opening 30 minutes they had done everything but score. They controlled the pace of the game and, perhaps more important, its direction and that was virtually always towards the Coventry goal. Bobby McDonald always eager and more often than not in the right place at the right time shot the ball straight into Jim Blyth’s arms in the first minute and that was the pattern Villa’s finishing was to adopt. The Sky Blues were making little impact on the game largely because Villa’s attempts to blot out Hutchison although often suspicious, were proving highly effective. And it was Hutchison who fell foul of referee Roy Capey first, when he was penalised for tapping Graydon’s ankles in the 20th minute. But the goal was what Coventry needed and with a cushion to fall back on they relaxed and began to believe in themselves. Their new-found confidence brought out the steel in Villa and Gidman was booked in the 35th minute for throwing himself at Hutchison on the half-way line. Two minutes later Graydon followed him after seemingly trying to pick Coop’s nose with his elbow. But Coventry’s grip did not last and in a burst of furious activity early in the second half Villa once more arrested the initiative. After an initial battering, during which Nicholl was booked for a late tackle on Hutchison, Villa began to spray the ball about with considerable aplomb only to see their finishing once again let them down. John Craven became the fourth booking of the night when he hacked away Carrodus’s legs in the 57th minute and then, nine minutes later, Chris Cattlin brought down Graydon and the Villa fans’ screams for a penalty were answered. Graydon wasted no time in placing the ball, moving swiftly back to his mark and putting the ball five yards wide. And so it was left to Nicholl to snatch a point Villa thoroughly deserved. He moved up for a Steve Hunt corner and was given all the room In the world to nod it past a stranded Blyth.
Reports

🟨 13 April 1976, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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