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Game #3459

Aston Villa

6-3-4, 15 PTS

Saturday, 29 October 1977

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Won

8th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Manchester United

5-2-5, 12 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,144

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

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Manchester United

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Assist(s) | Brian Little | 31' | Dennis Mortimer | 40' |

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 October 1977

⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 2-0, Alex Cropley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester United
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 2-1, (Manchester United), Jimmy Nicholl
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 October 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa go five games unbeaten in the league to make it six wins, three draws and four defeats in thirteen division one games this season.

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #177 |
Saturday, 29 October 1977

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🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 177 | 🟩 | 87 🟨 | 44 🟥 46 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 9 November 1974, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.98 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.74 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.24 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Dave Sexton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Alex Stepney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Arthur Albiston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Stewart Houston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Buchan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
W Chris McGrath | 🇬🇧 |
W Gordon Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |
CF Stuart Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Gordon Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Ashley Grimes | 🇮🇪 |)

Substitutes

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, 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

Squad Bios

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
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

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I could see Martin Buchan pushing up all the time and when United scored their first goal it looked very desperate for us. ”I was not acting under instructions from manager Ron Saunders. “But having watched a 2-0 lead reduced I didn't want to see us throwing two points away. “I think I am back to my best form now and at last I am free from injury. "I know people have said I will not score as many goals this season but I aim to prove them wrong. "If I can maintain a good scoring rate it must improve my chances of playing for Scotland again. "I let down Scotland and myself last year when I was sent off in Czechoslovakia. I have had to sit back and watch them qualify for the World Cup finals and I know that to get back into the squad could be the hardest thing in the world." Andy Gray.
Quotes

🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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