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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 Oct 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 Oct 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

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

🟩 29 Oct 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 October 1977
  • Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚽ scores his eleventh of the season and sixth ⚽ in 🕒 seven games before dropping back into defence to execute some crucial tackles to prevent a second half Manchester United comeback.

  • 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.

  • Midfielder Alex Cropley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his ⚽ 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 58th appearance.

🟩 29 Oct 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

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

🟩 29 Oct 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 Oct 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1974-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 177 | 🟩 | 87 🟨 | 44 🟥 46 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1974-1983

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

🟩 29 Oct 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

🟩 29 Oct 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 Oct 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

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Substitutes

🟩 29 Oct 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

Squad Bios

🟩 29 Oct 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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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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🟩 29 Oct 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 Oct 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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