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Game #3390

Aston Villa

3-0-1, 6 PTS

Saturday, 4 September 1976

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Won

1st= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Ipswich Town

1-2-1, 4 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,916

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

5-2

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Ipswich Town

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Assist(s) | John Robson | 6' | Brian Little | 57' | Gordon Smith | 77' |

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 September 1976

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by John Robson
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 1-1, (Ipswich Town), John Wark
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Ipswich Town
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 3-1, Andy Gray
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 3-2, (Ipswich Town), Keith Bertschin
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 4-2, Andy Gray, Assist by Gordon Smith
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 5-2, Ray Graydon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-2 Ipswich Town

🟨 | Booking, John Robson

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 September 1976

Ron Saunders' Villa make it three wins and one defeat in four division one games this season as they remain top of the early table with three of the top four scorers in the League being Villa players. Meanwhile, Andy Gray became the first Villa player to score a hat-trick in the First Division since Tony Hateley when he scored four goals in the 5-5 draw against Tottenham at White Hart Lane in March 1966.

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa 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

Ipswich Town

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1961-62

Aston Villa

Ipswich Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Ipswich Town

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Saturday, 4 September 1976

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🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Ridden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Shrewsbury, 1974-1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-2
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

🕒 108 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 30 🟥 29 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ken Ridden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Shrewsbury, 1974-1977
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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🟨 🟨

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.19 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.92 |

Youngest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 20.78 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, 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

Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK Paul Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB George Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Hunter | 🇬🇧 |
CB Kevin Beattie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Sharkey | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mick Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Clive Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Keith Bertschin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Pat Sharkey | 🇬🇧 | (F Robin Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa 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

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, 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

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“Brian [Little] has scored four goals this season which only he could have scored. “It’s a pleasure to play alongside hime. “I missed the easiest chance of a hat-trick when I put the ball over the bar just before I finally got my third.” Andy Gray. “He [Andy Gray] did nothing in the first half. But afterwards he ran riot and is going to be some player in two years’ time. Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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