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Game #3397

Aston Villa

6-0-4, 12 PTS

Wednesday, 20 October 1976

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Won

4th= (+7)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Arsenal

5-2-3, 12 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 33,860

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

5-1

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | Brian Little | 62' | Ray Graydon | 73' | John Gidman | 86' |

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 20 October 1976

🥅 | 18’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Alan Ball
⚽ | 36’ Goal, 1-1, Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 2-1, Ray Graydon (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 3-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 4-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Ray Graydon
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 5-1, Brian Little, Assist by John Gidman
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 20 October 1976

Ron Saunders' Villa make it six wins and four defeats in ten division one games this season.

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, 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

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1970–71

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #115 |
Wednesday, 20 October 1976

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🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Jeff Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1975-1980
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
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

🕒 115 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 | 30 🟥 32 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jeff Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1975-1980
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 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

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🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.27 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.04 |

Youngest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 20.90 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Terry Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Pat Howard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Storey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
M Trevor Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Alan Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Malcolm Macdonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, 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

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

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

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"We didn't start to play until after the interval. But our second half display must rank as one of the best I have seen since coming to Villa Park.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 20 October 1976, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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