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Game #3407

Aston Villa

10-3-5, 23 PTS

Wednesday, 15 December 1976

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Won

3rd= (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Liverpool

12-3-4, 27 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,851

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

Aston Villa

5-1

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Liverpool

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Assist(s) | John Robson | 9' | Dennis Mortimer | 11' | 44' | John Gidman | 31' |

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 15 December 1976

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by John Robson
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 2-0, John Deehan, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 3-0, John Deehan
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 4-0, Brian Little, Assist by John Gidman
🥅 | 40’ Goal, 4-1, (Liverpool), Ray Kennedy
⚽ | 44’ Goal, Andy Gray, 5-1, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 5-1 Liverpool
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Alex Cropley, Sub on, Mick Buttress 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Liverpool

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

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 15 December 1976

  • Villa destroy reigning champions Liverpool, putting five past the entitled Anfield side in 44 first half minutes as they gain some revenge for the unjust scoreline in the reverse fixture the previous month. 

  • Not that being utterly outplayed twice in succession stopped Liverpool and their media followers blaming anything and everything but the excellence of Villa for their humiliation.

  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the second successive League game to make it 🟩 ten wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 eighteen division one games this season. 

  • Full back Mick Buttress 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt as a substitute after joining from school football in 1975.

  • Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🔥 creates his 5th and 6th assists in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 36th appearance.

  • Centre forward John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 10th & 11th goal involvements in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 20th appearance at a rate of one every 1.82 games.

  • Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 80th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 152nd appearance (145 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W70 🟨 D42 🟥 L40, ⚽ 47 Goals and 🔥 33 Assists at a rate of one every 1.90 games.

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 LB Mick Buttress | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #586 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75

Liverpool

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UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Liverpool

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Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

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

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #125 |
Wednesday, 15 December 1976

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🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 125 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 | 33 🟥 33 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Ridden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Shrewsbury, 1974-1977
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 September 1976, Villa 5-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

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

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.60 |

Oldest Player |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 27.56 |

Youngest Player |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.85 |

Referee

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

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

Bob Paisley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Ray Clemence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Phil Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Phil Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Emlyn Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joey Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ian Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Terry McDermott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Heighway | 🇮🇪 |
CF Kevin Keegan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Mick Buttress | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 54' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

"We must not go over the moon about this victory. “We gave a highly professional performance not just in the first half but throughout. "We have been creating a lot of chances throughout this season, and like most managers I am extremely pleased that we have been able to show our true class against a side of Liverpool's calibre. "The First Division title? There is still a long way to go but obviously I am hoping we shall be able to continue our challenge." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 15 Dec 1976, Villa 5-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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