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Game #3433

Aston Villa

19-5-10, 43 PTS

Monday, 25 April 1977

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Lost

5th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

15-9-14, 39 PTS

Highbury

Attendance: 23,961

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 25 April 1977

🥅 | 28’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Malcolm Macdonald
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), George Armstrong
🕒 | HT Arsenal 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Liam Brady
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, David Hughes, Sub on, Keith Masefield
💥 | 87' Missed penalty, (Arsenal), Malcolm Macdonald
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-0 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

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 25 April 1977
  • Villa play their eighth game in 23 days as a second string side, with even some third string in there are beaten by Arsenal to remain fifth in the table, seven points behind leaders Liverpool but now with only two games in hand. 

  • Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in five as to quote a contemporary match report "This was the night the season caught up the Aston Villa. With a third of their first team squad injured and with four tired or untested teenagers in their places ...". 

  • Villa make it nineteen wins, five draws and ten defeats in thirty four division one games this season. As a result Villa now have four games in hand over Ipswich Town who did not play and are now down to six points ahead but both Manchester City and Liverpool remain in strong positions in the four way fight for the title. 

  • Meanwhile midfielder David Hughes made his fifth and final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving on to Lincoln City in April 1978.

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1976-77 🕒 4 | ✅ 3 🔁 (1) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 6 | #587 |

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

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1970–71

FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #151 |
Monday, 25 April 1977

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🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 151 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 | 39 🟥 39 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

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

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

David Hughes and Andy Gray replace Ray Graydon and Dennis Mortimer.

Starting XI Average Age
| 22.76 |

Oldest Player |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 27.60 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.51 |

Referee

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Terry Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
M John Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Hudson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Malcolm Macdonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | RB Keith Masefield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 | (LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

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

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Injury | 5 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 25 Apr 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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