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Game #3439

Aston Villa

21-6-13, 48 PTS

Monday, 16 May 1977

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Won

5th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Stoke

10-14-18, 34 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,963

🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Stoke City

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🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 16 May 1977

⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
🔁 | 55' Sub off, John Deehan, Sub on, Ivor Linton 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City

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

🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 16 May 1977

  • Villa play their 🕒 fourteenth game in 43 days as they beat Stoke through centre forward Andy Gray’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 first goal since March in the first of three Villa Park games to end the season. 

  • Villa climb back to fifth place in the table with two to play.

  • Wins in the final two games of the season will secure Villa’s highest finish since finishing runners up in 1932-33 having already recorded 🟩 twenty one wins, 🟨 six draws and 🟥 thirteen defeats in 🕒 forty division one games this season.

  • Midfielder Ivor Linton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 17 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up to become the 588th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #588 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Stoke

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72

FIXTURE HISTORY

Stoke

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Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #54 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #157 |
Monday, 16 May 1977

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🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Jim Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hemel Hempstead, 1975-1977
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 157 | 🟩 | 75 🟨 | 40 🟥 42 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hemel Hempstead, 1975-1977
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 12 April 1975, Villa 5-0 Oldham, Villa Park.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Leighton Phillips replaces Charlie Young.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.39 |

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

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

Referee

🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park

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

Tony Waddington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Stoke

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Denis Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jackie Marsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Suddick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Bloor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geoff Salmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M John Ruggiero | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Terry Conroy | 🇮🇪 |
CF Garth Crooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 55' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M John Ruggiero | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Dave Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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