M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Midfielder

1976-77 🕒 4 | 3 (1) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 6 | #587 |

Previous Player	Next Player
LB Mick Buttress \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #586 \|	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #588 \|

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
David Thomas Hughes	19 March 1958	Birmingham	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

Transfer In

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1975-76	1 July 1974	16	Youth	Aston Villa Youth		Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Villa Career

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1976-77 | Youth |
Football League First Division |
🕒 4 | 3 (1) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 6 | #587 |

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Played Under

Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1976, 1977

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
1	4	3	1	6

🟩 Won	🟩 Win %	🟨 Drew	🟨 Drawn %	🟥 Lost	🟥 Loss %

Goals ⚽	Assists 🔥	Yellow Cards 🟨	Red Cards 🟥
1	0	0	0

Goal Involvements (GI)	Games per Goal (GPG)	Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
1	4.00

Seasons

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1976-77	18	D1		4	3	1	1	0	6								4.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🇺	🔥	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #	Goals Conceded 🥅	Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)	Clean Sheets ⛔	% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1976-77	18	D1	4

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Villa Youth Record

1974-77 Aston Villa Youth

Previous Clubs

1976-77 Aston Villa Youth & Reserves
Football League First Division

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1976-77	21 August 1976	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
n/a	n/a

Debut Season	Debut Date	Debut Age	Debut Under
1976-77	27 December 1976	18	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Loans Out

None

Final

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1976-77	25 April 1977	19	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1976-77	25 April 1977	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1976-77	April 1977	19	£20,000	Lincoln City		Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Transfer Out

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Subsequent Clubs

1977-81 Lincoln City, £0.02m
Football League Third Division, Fourth Division
🕒 62 | ⚽ 1 | (League)

1981-82 Scunthorpe United, Free
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 21 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1982-85 Worcester City, Free
Alliance Premier League
🕒 94 | ⚽ 7 | (League)

1985 Retired

Quotes

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Quotes

Biography

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Biography

Died

26 September 2023 aged 65

Appearances

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Appearances

4

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #3409	🟥 27 December 1976, Villa 2-3 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.	Starting XI: GK Jake Findlay \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Charlie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M David T Hughes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3420	🟩 2 March 1977, Villa 4-0 Derby, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK John Burridge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Chris Nicholl \| 🇬🇧 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M David T Hughes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3432	🟩 23 April 1977, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK John Burridge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Charlie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ray Graydon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M David T Hughes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3433	🟥 25 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.	Starting XI: GK John Burridge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Charlie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB John Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M David T Hughes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: RB Keith Masefield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Starts

3

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up

Starts

Subs

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Substitute Appearances

1

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub
Game #3432	🟩 23 April 1977, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park.	M David T Hughes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

Unused

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

6

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Goals Scored

1

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Goals

Assists

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

International Career

England

FA	National Team	Caps with Villa
	England

FA	National Team	Full International Record
	England

FA	🕒 Caps	🕒 Starts	🔁 Sub	⚽ Goals

FA	First Cap with Villa

FA	First International Goal with Villa

FA	Last Cap with Villa

International Record

England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match

Matches

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Matches

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

🟥 27 December 1976, Villa 2-3 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

Game #3409

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #127 |
Monday, 27 December 1976

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 14' | David Hughes | 66' |

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 14' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

FB Mick Buttress | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Jim Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Willie Maddren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Terry Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Peter Brine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Alf Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Willie Maddren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Alan Willey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in nine to make it eleven wins, three draws and six defeats in twenty division one games this season. Meanwhile, midfielder David Hughes made a goalscoring debut for Villa aged 18 after joining from junior football in June 1974.

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

🟩 2 March 1977, Villa 4-0 Derby, Villa Park.

Game #3420

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hadley Wood, Herts, 1974-1985
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Wednesday, 2 March 1977

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 2' | John Gidman | 15' | Brian Little | 31' | Gordon Cowans | 81' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 | FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Colin Boulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Daniel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ron Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tony Macken | 🇮🇪 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
M Jeff King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Henry Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Charlie George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kevin Hector | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF Jeff Bourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Gordon Cowans hits his first goal for Villa to round off a resounding victory as he collects the ball from John Deehan on the edge of the area, flicks it into the air, before volleying it into the roof of the net.
Villa make it ten goals in three games without reply as they take their Cup form into the league.
Villa make it fourteen wins, three draws and eight defeats in twenty five division one games this season under Ron Saunders
Gordon Cowans scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance (4 Starts) to make it W6 D0 L3 so far in his Villa career.

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

🟩 23 April 1977, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

Game #3432

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #150 |
Saturday, 23 April 1977

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Brian Little | 30' |

Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 30' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Roger Hansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Duncan Forbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Roger Gibbins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mel Machin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Suggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Billy Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CB David Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Alex Cropley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich City
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Dennis Mortimer, Sub on, David Hughes
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich City

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa in the boss' 150th game in charge record a fourth successive League win to make it nineteen wins, five draws and nine defeats in thirty three division one games this season. As Villa win, title rivals Ipswich lose again and now have a lead of just six points against Villa's five games in hand. Liverpool and Manchester City make up the rest of the challengers.

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

🟥 25 April 1977, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

Game #3433

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #151 |
Monday, 25 April 1977

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | FB Keith Masefield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
M John Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Hudson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Malcolm Macdonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 | (LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in five as to quote a contemporary match report "This was the night the season caught up the Aston Villa. With a third of their first team squad injured and with four tired or untested teenagers in their places ...". Villa make it nineteen wins, five draws and ten defeats in thirty four division one games this season. As a result Villa now have four games in hand over Ipswich Town who did not play and are now down to six points ahead but both Manchester City and Liverpool remain in strong positions in the four way fight for the title. Meanwhile midfielder David Hughes made his fifth and final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving on to Lincoln City in April 1978.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Midfielder

1976-77 🕒 4 | 3 (1) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 6 | #587 |

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Personal Profile

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Transfer In

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Villa Career

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Played Under

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Career Summary

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Season by Season Record

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Goalkeeping Record

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Honours

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Debut

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

First Goal Date

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Loans Out

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Final Appearance

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Transfer Out

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Subsequent Clubs

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Quotes

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Biography

Died

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Appearances

4

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Starts

3

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Substitute Appearances

1

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

6

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Goals Scored

1

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Assists Made

0

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Cards Received

🟨

0

🟥

0

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International Career

England

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International Record

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England

Starter

Substitute

Goals

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Matches

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

🟥 27 December 1976, Villa 2-3 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.