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Game #3470

Aston Villa

8-5-7, 21 PTS

Monday, 26 December 1977

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Drew

10th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division One

Coventry City

Villa Park

Attendance: 43,571

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-1

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Coventry City

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 73' |

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 26 December 1977

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Coventry City
🥅 | 72’ Goal, (Coventry City), Ian Wallace
⚽ | 73’ Goal, John Deehan, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Coventry City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 26 December 1977

  • Villa fall behind on a terrible Villa Park playing surface that "resembles a beach" before equalising a minute later through John Deehan to earn a Boxing Day point.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa make it eight wins, five draws and seven defeats in twenty division one games this season.

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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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

Coventry City

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

Aston Villa

Coventry City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Coventry City

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #188 |
Monday, 26 December 1977

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🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 188 | 🟩 | 90 🟨 | 48 🟥 50 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Deehan replaces John Gidman.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.90 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.18 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Coventry City

GK Jim Blyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Graham Oakey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barry Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ray Graydon (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Graham Oakey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M John Beck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Mick Buttress | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, 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

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, 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

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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