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Game #3472

Aston Villa

9-5-8, 23 PTS

Saturday, 31 December 1977

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Lost

10th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

12-4-8, 28 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 46,074

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

Manchester City

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 31 December 1977

🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Peter Barnes
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City), Brian Kidd
🕒 | FT Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 31 December 1977

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

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #190 |
Saturday, 31 December 1977

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🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Keith Styles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1967-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 190 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 48 🟥 51 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Keith Styles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1967-1979
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 22 November 1975, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: None

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.85 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.91 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.42 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine 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 John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tony Book | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Kidd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Mike Doyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine 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

Squad Bios

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine 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

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 31 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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