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Game #3464

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 23 November 1977

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

UEFA Cup

Athletic Bilbao

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,973

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Athletic Bilbao

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🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 23 November 1977

⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal (Iríbar)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Athletic Bilbao
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 2-0, John Deehan, Assist by John Gidman
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Athletic Bilbao

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 23 November 1977

  • Villa face Athletic Bilbao for the first time in competitive football, Bilbao become the 114th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s fourth continental European opponents and their first from Spain.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa put themselves in a strong position in the UEFA Cup third round as they open up a two goal lead over Bilbao ahead of the second leg.

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, 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

Athletic Bilbao

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La Liga Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Copa del Rey Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Athletic Bilbao

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Athletic Bilbao

Previous 5 vs. Bilbao: None

Athletic Bilbao

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Athletic Bilbao

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #23 |
Manager Game | #182 |
Wednesday, 23 November 1977

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🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Jan Beck | 🇳🇱 | Vreeswijk, 1967-1980
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 182 | 🟩 | 89 🟨 | 46 🟥 47 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jan Beck | 🇳🇱 | Vreeswijk, 1967-1980
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.05 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.81 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.31 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, 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 Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Koldo Aguirre | 🇪🇸 |

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Athletic Bilbao

GK José Ángel Iribar | 🇪🇸 |
D Daniel Astrain | 🇪🇸 |
CB José Ramón Alexanko | 🇪🇸 |
CB Andoni Goikoetxea | 🇪🇸 |
CB Agustín Gisasola | 🇪🇸 |
RB Ángel María Villar | 🇪🇸 |
M Fernando Tirapu | 🇪🇸 |
M Javier Irureta | 🇪🇸 |
M Ignacio Churruca | 🇪🇸 |
W Carlos Ruiz | 🇪🇸 |
W Dani | 🇪🇸 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Mick Buttress | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Juan Antonio Zaldúa | 🇪🇸 |
D José María Lasa | 🇪🇸 |
M Juan Carlos Vidal | 🇪🇸 |
W José Mari Amorrortu | 🇪🇸 |
F Aitor Aguirre | 🇪🇸 |

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 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, 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

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 16/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇪🇸: 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇪🇸 : 16/16

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, 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

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"They [Atletico Bilbao] are an impressive and skilful side. “Carlos leapt high to open the scoring against Hercules and he is the sort of player who can cause problems. “They are more skilful than our last UEFA opponents, Gornik, but they are not as well organised. And, as you would expect with a Spanish side, they are not a physical." Tony Barton "Any side reaching the last 16 of the competition must be a top outfit. We know Bilbao are no mugs." Ron Saunders. Pre Match. --- “Deehan was in the net at the time and was not interfering with play [when the referee ruled him offside for Brian Little’s ‘goal’]. “I think we fully deserved our two goal lead. “The whole side played well and it will be very interesting over there. “But I am confident that we can go through to the last eight of the competition." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 23 November 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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