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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 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

Arsenal

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 25 April 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

🟥 25 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 25 April 1977

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 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1976-77 | 🕒 4 | 3 (1) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 6 | #586 |

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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

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟥 25 April 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 April 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
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 151 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 | 39 🟥 39 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 25 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 25 April 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
Manager

🟥 25 April 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 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟥 25 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟥 25 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

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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

🟥 25 April 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 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 25 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

UNAVAILABLE

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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

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 25 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 25 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 25 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

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