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Game #3388

Aston Villa

2-0-1, 4 PTS

Saturday, 28 August 1976

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Won

1st= (+8)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Everton

1-1-1, 3 PTS

Goodison Park

Attendance: 32,058

🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

Everton

0-2

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Aston Villa

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🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 August 1976

⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by John Gidman
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 2-0, Own Goal, Mick Lyons
🕒 | HT Everton 0-2 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Everton 0-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 August 1976

Ron Saunders' Villa make it two wins and one defeat in three division one games this season.

🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

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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

Everton

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1969-70

Aston Villa

Everton

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Everton

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Saturday, 28 August 1976

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🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1966-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 106 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 30 🟥 29 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 15 January 1975, Villa 2-2 Chester, Sealand Road.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.17 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.90 |

Youngest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 20.76 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison 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

Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 |

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Everton

GK Dai Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Dave Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roger Kenyon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Bernard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Telfer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jim Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Jim Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF David Smallman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison 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 John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison 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

🟩 28 August 1976, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

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

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MATCH QUOTES

"We did well against four of Europe's top sides in pre-season games. “Then we thrashed West Ham on the first day of the season. “The players thought City would be a doddle." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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