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Game #3450

Aston Villa

3-1-3, 7 PTS

Friday, 23 September 1977

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Won

5th= (+8)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

2-3-3, 7 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 40,403

🟩 23 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Wolves

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Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 90' |

🟩 23 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Friday, 23 September 1977

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Colin Brazier
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 2-0, John Deehan, Assist by Alex Cropley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 23 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Friday, 23 September 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa bounce back from their loss to forest to beat Wolves and make it three wins, one draw and three defeats in seven division one games this season.

🟩 23 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa Park.

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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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973-74

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 23 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #168 |
Friday, 23 September 1977

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🟩 23 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1972–1981
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 168 | 🟩 | 81 🟨 | 42 🟥 45 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 23 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1972–1981
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 10 May 1977, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's. 🆘
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 23 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gordon Smith replaces John Robson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.61 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.64 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.92 |

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Sammy Chung | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Brazier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Geoffrey Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McAlle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Maurice Daly | 🇮🇪 |
M Martin Patching | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kenny Hibbitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF John Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Martin Patching | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Norman Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 23 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 23 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa 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 Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

"We will not know the extent of the damage until the bruising has come out. “But clearly he [Gordon Smith] and [John] Robson will have to make a rapid improvement if they are to travel to Turkey. "I shall name my squad in the morning when I have had a further chance to assess the injury situation and after a full report how the reserves played in the Central League game at Bolton.” Ron Saunders with Andy Gray Alex Cropley, Frank Carrodus and Brian Little carrying injuries.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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