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Game #3383

Aston Villa

9-17-14, 35 PTS

Saturday, 17 April 1976

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Drew

18th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division One

West Ham United

13-10-17, 36 PTS

Upton Park

Attendance: 21,642

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

West Ham United

2-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 5' | John Gidman | 10' |

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 17 April 1976

⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Andy Gray
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 2-0, Steve Hunt, Assist by John Gidman
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 2-1, (West Ham United), Keith Robson
🕒 | HT West Ham United 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 2-2, (West Ham United), Trevor Brooking
🕒 | FT West Ham United 2-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 17 April 1976

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

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

West Ham United

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

Aston Villa

West Ham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #101 |
Saturday, 17 April 1976

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🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tom Bune | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1974-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
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

🕒 101 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 30 🟥 28 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tom Bune | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1974-1985
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jake Findlay (first start since October) and John Deehan (first start in 10) replace John Burridge and Ray Graydon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.34 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.53 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.71 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

John Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Bobby Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Kevin Lock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Keith Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John McDowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tommy Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Brooking | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Graham Paddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pop Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Billy Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Kevin Lock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Johnny Ayris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Keith Masefield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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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 Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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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, 19 April 1976

Aston Villa have only themselves to blame for not improving their embarrassing away record which has left them as the only club in the First Division not to score an away win this season. For with two goals on the scoresheet in just ten minutes Villa promptly handed West Ham the chance of pulling back a goal, and then frittered away a hatful of chances In the last 13 minutes before allowing the equaliser. But the 2-2 draw ended any lingering relegation fears at Villa Park. And Ron Saunders has the satisfaction of knowing that his team consolidated their First Division status without relying on the results of other games. But how Villa failed to win at Upton Park is a mystery. They went at a jaded Wed Ham from the start. The Londoners had clearly not returned to earth following their European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final with Frankfurt on Wednesday night. John Deehan, replacing Ray Graydon, on the right, rocked West Ham with a fine fifth minute opener. Andy Gray hooked a left-wing throw-In over his head, and Deehan rose above Kevin Lock to power a header beyond Bobby Ferguson’s right hand. It was no surprise when Villa went two ahead in the tenth minute. Gray sent Gidman racing clear on the right and his deep cross found Steve Hunt who headed inside the upright. At that moment Villa looked on the verge of a complete take-over bid but a goal after 15 minutes let West Ham off the hook. England schemer Trevor Brooking, repeating an identical move from a corner minutes earlier, crossed to Keith Robson who headed over Jake Findlay into the goal. Villa proceeded to fritter away gilt-edged chances. Deehan fired over from two yards as did Gray on two occasions, and Carrodus and Dennis Mortimer all allowed Ferguson to scramble away shots in an extraordinary final 15 minutes. And then in the 89th minute Brooking found a space on the left before driving home a deflected shot past Findlay.
Reports

🟨 17 April 1976, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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