Game #3471
Aston Villa
9-5-7, 23 PTS
Tuesday, 27 December 1977
Won
10th= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division One
Derby County
Baseball Ground
Attendance: 30,395
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
Derby County
0-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 89' |
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 27 December 1977
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Derby County 0-2 Aston Villa
🔁 | 67' Sub off, Frank Carrodus, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-0, John Deehan, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Derby County 0-3 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 27 December 1977
Villa win for the first time in six at the Baseball Ground after suffering four defeats and a draw in their previous visits to Derby as two Colin Todd mistakes let Villa go two up with ease before an icing on the cake goal from John Deehan to put Villa 10th.
Ron Saunders' Villa make it nine wins, five draws and seven defeats in twenty one division one games this season.
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Derby County
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Aston Villa
Derby County
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #189 |
Tuesday, 27 December 1977
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🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hunting | 🏴 | Leicester, 1968-1984
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 189 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 48 🟥 50 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Hunting | 🏴 | Leicester, 1968-1984
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 9 April 1977, Villa 1-2 Derby, Baseball Ground. 🆘
Cards: None
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
John Gidman replaces Gordon Cowans.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.84 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 29.90 |
Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 20.41 |
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Tommy Docherty | 🏴 |
Derby County
GK John Middleton | 🏴 |
RB Steve Powell | 🏴 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
CB Peter Daniel | 🏴 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴 |
M Don Masson | 🏴 |
M David Hunt | 🏴 |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 |
W Terry Curran | 🏴 |
F Gerry Ryan | 🇮🇪 |
F Colin Chesters | 🏴 |
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | for W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | 67' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Don O'Riordan | 🇮🇪 |
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
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | | 47 | 14* | 6 | 3 | 23* | 9 | 15 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/12
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.