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Game #3398

Aston Villa

7-0-4, 14 PTS

Saturday, 23 October 1976

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Won

2nd= (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Bristol City

2-3-5, 7 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 37,094

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-1

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Bristol City

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Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 51' | 64' | Brian Little | 78' |

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 October 1976

🥅 | 27’ Goal (Bristol City), Tom Ritchie
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Bristol City
⚽ | 51’ Goal, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Alex Cropley
⚽ | 64’ Goal, John Gidman, Assist by Alex Cropley
⚽ | 78’ Goal, Ray Graydon, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Bristol City

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

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 October 1976
  • Villa go level on points with second placed Liverpool but ahead on goal difference as they again have to come from behind before another fine second half showing dispatches Bristol City as Chris Nicholl equalises, John Gidman scores the first headed goal of his career and Ray Graydon caps it off.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa make it seven wins and four defeats in eleven division one games this season.

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Bristol City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Bristol City
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Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Saturday, 23 October 1976

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🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1971-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 116 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 | 30 🟥 32 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1971-1978

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

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

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.28 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.05 |

Youngest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 20.91 |

Referee

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, 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

Alan Dicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol City

GK Len Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Rodgers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Collier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Brian Drysdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Tom Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (FB Brian McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, 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

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 23 Oct 1976, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Villa Park.

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