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Game #3403

Aston Villa

8-2-5, 18 PTS

Saturday, 20 November 1976

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Drew

4th= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division One

Coventry City

5-3-4, 13 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 40,047

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Coventry City

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Assist(s) | Frank Carrodus | 44' | Alex Cropley | 74' |

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 November 1976

⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-0, John Gidman, Assist by Frank Carrodus
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-1, (Coventry City), Mick Ferguson
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 1-2, (Coventry City), Mick Ferguson
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-2, Andy Gray, Assist by Alex Cropley
🟥 | 77’ Sending off, (Coventry City), John Beck, Kick
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Coventry 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

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 November 1976
  • Two Chris Nicholl errors, following blunders against Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion cost Villa despite Coventry being swamped by another strong attacking performance from Villa.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa draw for the second successive game to make it eight wins, two draws and five defeats in fifteen division one games this season.

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, 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

Coventry City

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

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

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

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #121 |
Saturday, 20 November 1976

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🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Redditch, 1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

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

🕒 121 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 | 32 🟥 33 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Redditch, 1976

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jake Findlay and John Deehan come in for their first starts of the season in place of John Burridge and Ray Graydon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.20 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.13 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.30 |

Referee

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Coventry City

GK Jim Blyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Jimmy Holmes | 🇮🇪 |
M John Beck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Donal Murphy | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Donal Murphy | 🇮🇪 | (M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, 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

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 20 Nov 1976, Villa 2-2 Coventry, Villa Park

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