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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' Park.

Newcastle United

3-1

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Aston Villa

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

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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

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

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 May 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the second successive game to make it twenty wins, six draws and thirteen defeats in thirty nine division one games this season. Meanwhile, Charlie Young made his twelfth and final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving on to Gillingham in March 1978.

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

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1976-77 | 🕒 11 | 10 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 2 | #584 |

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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

Aston Villa

Newcastle United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Newcastle United

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

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' Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alan Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1973-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
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

🕒 156 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 40 🟥 42 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Alan Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1973-1981
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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

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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
Manager

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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D 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

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

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

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

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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