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Game #3431

Aston Villa

18-5-9, 41 PTS

Wednesday, 20 April 1977

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Won

5th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

10-8-20, 28 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,047

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

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Tottenham Hotspur

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 26' | Gordon Smith | 44' |

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 20 April 1977

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, John Deehan, Assist by Gordon Smith
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 2-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Gerry Armstrong
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Chris Nicholl, Sub on, Charlie Young
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 20 April 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa make it eighteen wins, five draws and nine defeats in thirty two division one games this season. As a result Villa have five games in hand over Ipswich Town who did not play and are now down to eight points ahead.

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Tottenham Hotspur

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UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #149 |
Wednesday, 20 April 1977

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🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1963-1978
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 149 | 🟩 | 72 🟨 | 39 🟥 38 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1963-1978
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 29 November 1975, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.08 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.54 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.49 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Keith Burkinshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
RB Micky Stead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Keith Osgood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Terry Naylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Pratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ralph Coates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Chris Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Moores | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 71' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Peter Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, 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

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 20 April 1977, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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