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Game #3466

Aston Villa

7-4-6, 18 PTS

Saturday, 3 December 1977

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Lost

11th (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Ipswich Town

6-7-5, 19 PTS

Portman Road

Attendance: 20,917

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

Ipswich Town

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 December 1977

🥅 | 7’ Goal, 0-1, Ipswich Town, Trevor Whymark
🥅 | 38’ Goal, 0-2, Ipswich Town, Eric Gates
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 2-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 December 1977

  • Villa lose for the second successive game but also suffer at the hands of the officials for the second game in a row as Andy Gray's first half equaliser is wrongly ruled out.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa have now suffered three defeats in five matches having previously gone nine games unbeaten. As a result Villa make it seven wins, four draws and six defeats in seventeen division one games this season.

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Ipswich Town

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1961-62

Aston Villa

Ipswich Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Ipswich Town

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #184 |
Saturday, 3 December 1977

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🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
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

🕒 184 | 🟩 | 89 🟨 | 46 🟥 49 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gordon Cowans and John Gregory replace Alex Cropley and John Deehan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.66 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.83 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.12 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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 Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK Paul Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Hunter | 🇬🇧 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Stirk | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Viljoen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Clive Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Eric Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Whymark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Mariner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Mick Buttress | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Roger Osborne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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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

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

“We threw away two stupid goals and found ourselves two down when we should have been two ahead. “Ipswich had three shots on target and scored twice because we got caught flat at the back. “I thought Andy Gray had a good goal disallowed. “I didn’t think anyone was offside.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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