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Game #3386

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 21 August 1976

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Won

1st=

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

West Ham United

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,012

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-0

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West Ham United

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🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 August 1976

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Gordon Smith
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Ham United
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by John Gidman
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 3-0, Ray Graydon (pen)
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 4-0, Andy Gray
💥 | 83’ Missed penalty, Ray Graydon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 West Ham United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 August 1976

  • Villa hammer the hammers on the opening day of the season as the European finalists of 1975-76 are taken apart. 

  • Centre foreard Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚽ scores two and wins a penalty and winger Ray Graydon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hits a brace that could have been a ⚽ hat-trick but for that missed spot kick.

  • Fulll back Gordon Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 22 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from St. Johnstone for a fee of £80,000 earlier this month.

  • Midfielder David Hughes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18 makes his first appearance in the Villa squad.

  • Right back John Gidman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 🔥 10th assist s in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 112th appearance.

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 RB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #583 | £80,000 signing from St Johnstone

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

West Ham United

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Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Saturday, 21 August 1976

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🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 104 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 30 🟥 28 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Matches Officiated: 13
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 19 April 1976, Villa 1-0 Derby, Villa Park.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders hands Gordon Smith his debut.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.15 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.88 |

Youngest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 20.74 |

Referee

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Keith Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tommy Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Paddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Bonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Brooking | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Mick McGiven | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

"They created just two half-chances. We made 11 or 12 real scoring opportunities. “We have been trying to become more solid than last season and we were today. “We got a lot of players around the ball to allow us to play the shorter stuff when we need to. “It gave us a lot more options an we didn’t give the ball away so much.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 21 Aug 1976, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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