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Game #3461

Aston Villa

7-3-4, 17 PTS

Saturday, 5 November 1977

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Won

6th= (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division One

Liverpool

7-4-3, 18 PTS

Anfield

Attendance: 50,436

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

Liverpool

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Frank Carrodus | 41' | Ken McNaught | 72' |

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 November 1977

⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Frank Carrodus
🕒 | HT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 59’ Booking, John Gidman, Dissent
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 1-1, (Liverpool), Frank Carrodus o.g.
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Ken McNaught
🟨 | 83’ Booking, Alex Cropley, Foul
🕒 | FT Liverpool 1-2 Aston Villa

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

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 November 1977

  • Andy Gray scores for the ninth time in as many games as Frank Carrodus dubiously claims the first before conceding an own goal equaliser for Liverpool. Villa though show their resilience with the winner on 72’ to climb to 6th in the table under Ron Saunders.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa go six games unbeaten in the league as they beat champions Liverpool at Anfield to make it seven wins, three draws and four defeats in fourteen division one games this season.

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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

Liverpool

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Liverpool

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Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

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

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #179 |
Saturday, 5 November 1977

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🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Keith Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 179 | 🟩 | 88 🟨 | 45 🟥 46 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1977
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 John Gidman, Dissent
🟨 Alex Cropley, Foul

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

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gordon Cowans replaces John Deehan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.89 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.76 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.04 |

Referee

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bob Paisley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Ray Clemence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Phil Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Emlyn Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joey Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ian Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Heighway | 🇮🇪 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ray Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kenny Dalglish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Fairclough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Terry McDermott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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

Squad Bios

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH QUOTES

“It was over the line before Andy touched it.” Frank Carrodus. "Each night I have to slip a plank under the mattress and I will have to continue doing so for another two to three months. "It's part of the treatment for an injury I suffered a few months ago to one of my vertebrae. The funny thing is that I still can't touch my toes and yet it doesn't seem to affect my football. "There's no way that Frank scored. I'm paid to finish off moves and that's just what I did. “Anyway, if you're playing at Anfield and you're on the winning side and you think you've scored you're not going to give up a goal to anyone!” Andy Gray. "After 19 games for us and internationals as well John [Deehan] was shattered and he really needed a rest. “That's why I brought in Gordon [Cowans] on the left. It was the first time this season that we have had four men in midfield, and it worked. “In fact I think that it was our most professional performance of the season.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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