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Game #3437

Aston Villa

20-6-12, 46 PTS

Tuesday, 10 May 1977

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Lost

5th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Birmingham City

13-10-17, 36 PTS

St Andrew's

Attendance: 43,721

🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

Birmingham City

2-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 10 May 1977

🟨 | 30' Booking, Leighton Phillips, Barge
🟥 | 30’ Sending off, Leighton Phillips, flicking the V at referee Reeves
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan
🥅 | 76' Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City), Terry Hibbitt
🟥 | 78’ Sending off, (Birmingham City), Joe Gallagher, Stamp on John Deehan
🥅 | 80' Goal, 1-2, (Birmingham City, pen), Trevor Francis latest dive earns an unjustified spot kick against makeshift defender Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Chris Nicholl, Persistent fouling
🟨 | Booking, John Robson, Throwing the ball away

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 10 May 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa lose to lowly neighbours Birmingham after they are reduced to ten men. As a result Villa make it twenty wins, six draws and twelve defeats in thirty eight division one games this season. Villa have two games in hand but the lead of Liverpool at the top of the table means that only a top four finish is realistic for Villa.

🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Birmingham City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #52 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #155 |
Tuesday, 10 May 1977

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🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1972-1981 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 155 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 40 🟥 41 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1972-1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
🆘 Unequal to the demands weighing him down
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 2 September 1976, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

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🟥 🟨

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.37 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.60 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.55 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Willie Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Dave Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kenny Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ricky Sbragia | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
D Garry Pendrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
D Malcolm Page | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Jimmy Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Terry Hibbitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Gary Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Connolly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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D David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

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

🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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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

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Squad Bios

🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

"He [Trevor Francis] conned the referee [Peter Reeves], particularly in the incident that led to Leighton Phillips being sent off, and then the spot kick.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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