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Game #3425

Aston Villa

15-4-8, 34 PTS

Wednesday, 23 March 1977

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Won

8th (-3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Sunderland

7-7-18, 21 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,458

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

4-1

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Sunderland

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 34' | Andy Gray | 55' | John Gidman | 86' |

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 23 March 1977

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, John Gidman
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Sunderland
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 3-0, John Deehan, Assist by Andy Gray
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 3-1, (Sunderland), Mel Holden
🟥 | 69’ Sending off, (Sunderland), Colin Waldron
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 4-1, John Deehan, Assist by John Gidman
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Sunderland

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 23 March 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa return to League action and now have five games in hand over leaders Ipswich and are twelve points behind. Villa's win over Sunderland makes it fifteen wins, four draws and eight defeats in twenty seven division one games this season.

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, 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

Sunderland

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Sunderland

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #143 |
Wednesday, 23 March 1977

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🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
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

🕒 143 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 | 38 🟥 37 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 7
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 18 October 1975, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison Park. 🆘
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Gray replaces Ray Graydon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.40 |

Oldest Player |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 27.83 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.42 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Jimmy Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Barry Siddall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Waldron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jack Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Shaun Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Doug Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Arnott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bob Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mel Holden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Mick Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, 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

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, 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 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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