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Game #3406

Aston Villa

9-3-5, 21 PTS

Saturday, 11 December 1976

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Won

5th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Leeds United

5-7-5, 17 PTS

Elland Road

Attendance: 31,232

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

Leeds United

1-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Brian Little | 25' | Leighton Phillips | 58' | John Deehan | 70' |

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 December 1976

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Charlie Young
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0. Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Littlle
🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), David McNiven
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 2-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Leighton Phillips
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 3-1, Alex Cropley, Assist by John Deehan
🕒 | FT Leeds United 0-1 Aston Villa

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

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 11 December 1976

  • Villa cruise past Leeds thanks to Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Alex Cropley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 as Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 youthful side show up their elders at Elland Road but a fortnight without a League game drops Villa to fifth.

  • Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes it ⚽ 30 goals in a Villa shirt in 🕒 54 appearances at a rate of a goal every 1.80 games.

  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the first time in four League games but are now unbeaten in six to make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 seventeen division one games this season. 

  • Central defender Charlie Young 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up as a replacement for Chris Nicholl who's suffering from a broken nose.

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #585 | Youth team promotion

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

Leeds United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leeds United

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Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #124 |
Saturday, 11 December 1976

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🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: George Nolan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1974-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 124 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 | 33 🟥 33 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: George Nolan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1974-1981
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

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

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Robson, John Deehan and Charlie Young (debut) replace Chris Nicholl, Gordon Smith and Steve Hunt.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.59 |

Oldest Player |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 27.55 |

Youngest Player |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.84 |

Referee

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK David Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Peter Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gordon McQueen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Paul Reaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Lorimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eddie Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W David McNiven | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Mick Buttress | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Gary Liddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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MATCH QUOTES

"I am not going to pick out any individual because it was a great all-round performance. “You name him, and he played well. "There was a lot to be satisfied about. “It proves we have accomplished one more thing in our development and that all the hard work we have been doing has been worthwhile. "We had a very young side out there today some might say too young. “But we have a first-team squad of about only 13 players and concentrating as we do on our youth policy, it means that we don't always have the experience to fall back on when something goes wrong. "We almost ruined poor John Deehan last season by playing him for such a long spell. But we are learning." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 11 Dec 1976, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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