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Game #3462

Aston Villa

7-3-5, 17 PTS

Saturday, 12 November 1977

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Lost

8th= (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Middlesbrough

5-5-5, 15 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 31,837

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-1

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Middlesbrough

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 November 1977

🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Stan Cummings
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 12 November 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in ten matches to make it seven wins, three draws and five defeats in fifteen division one games this season.

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, 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

Middlesbrough

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #180 |
Saturday, 12 November 1977

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🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Don Biddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1971-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🕒 180 | 🟩 | 88 🟨 | 45 🟥 47 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Don Biddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1971-1979
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 14 December 1974, Villa 4-0 York, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.90 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.78 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.06 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Pat Cuff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Ramage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Terry Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Stan Cummins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Graeme Hedley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, 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

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, 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

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“[Two months], that's how long it has taken to get back on the right lines - and then this happens.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 12 November 1977, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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