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Game #3438

Aston Villa

20-6-13, 46 PTS

Saturday, 14 May 1977

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Lost

6th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Newcastle United

18-13-10, 49 PTS

St James' Park

Attendance: 29,873

🟥 14 May 1977, Villa 2-3 Newcastle, St James'

Newcastle United

3-1

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🟥 14 May 1977, Villa 2-3 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 May 1977

⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, (50 seconds)
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 1-1, (Newcastle United), Paul Cannell
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 1-2, (Newcastle United), Graham Oates
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 1-3, (Newcastle United), Paul Cannell
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 3-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-3, Brian Little
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 3-2 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

🟥 14 May 1977, Villa 2-3 Newcastle, St James'

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 14 May 1977
  • Villa play their thirteenth game in 41 days as they fall to defeat at St James’ Park to fourth placed Newcastle. 

  • Villa second successive defeat means it is 🟩 twenty wins, 🟨 six draws and 🟥 thirteen defeats in 🕒 thirty nine division one games this season.

  • Villa are now sixth in the first division table eleven points off champions Liverpool with three to play.

  • Charlie Young made his twelfth and final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving on to Gillingham in March 1978.

  • Centre forward John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th start in a Villa shirt.

  • Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 100th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 183rd appearance (176 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W85 🟨 D49 🟥 L49, ⚽ 62 Goals and 🔥 39 Assists at a rate of one every 1.81 games.

🟥 14 May 1977, Villa 2-3 Newcastle, St James'

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1976-77 🕒 11 | ✅ 10 🔁 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 3 | #585 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Newcastle United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1954-55

FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
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Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

League 🕒 100 | 🟩 38 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 43 | ⚽ 168 | 🥅 165 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 7 |
Away 🕒 51 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 33 | ⚽ 69 | 🥅 113 |

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #53 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #156 |
Saturday, 14 May 1977

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🟥 14 May 1977, Villa 2-3 Newcastle, St James'

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alan Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1977-1980
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

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

🕒 156 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 40 🟥 42 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alan Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1977-1980

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Charlie Young replaces Leighton Phillips.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.62 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.61 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.56 |

Referee

🟥 14 May 1977, Villa 2-3 Newcastle, St James'

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Richard Dinnis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Newcastle United

GK Mike Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Irving Nattrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Aidan McCaffery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Cassidy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Oates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Geoff Nulty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Gowling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Micky Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Cannell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Irving Nattrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Ray Blackhall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 14 May 1977, Villa 2-3 Newcastle, St James'

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 14 May 1977, Villa 2-3 Newcastle, St James'

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

Suspension | 1 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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