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Villa Matches Refereed by

Jim Bent

🟩 10 December 1977, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park.

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Jim Bent

Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 39' | Andy Gray | 44' | John Gidman | 54' |

Assist(s) | John Gidman | 39' | 44' |

Game #3468

Division One

10th (+1)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Jim Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hemel Hempstead, 1972-1978 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Villa Cards

🟨

West Bromwich Albion

🟨 🟨 🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Jim Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hemel Hempstead, 1972-1978 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Total failure to stop vile Albion's feverish physical intimidation. An awful, shameful performance that allowed the animals of Albion to take man not ball throughout the game. To make matters worse Bent defended himself and made light of the physicality in an appalling post game statement. Bent would never referee Villa again and disappeared off the football scene shortly after. A disgrace.
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

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

Match Timeline

🔁 | 18’ Sub off, Ken McNaught, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by John Gidman
💥 | 44’ Villa reduced to 10 men, Player retired injured, Alex Cropley
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by John Gidman
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 3-0, John Gidman
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 West Bromwich Albion

🟨 | Booking, Leighton Phillips, Heavy tackle.

Substitutes

🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 18' |

🟩 16 May 1977, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

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Jim Bent

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 10' (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3439

Division One

5th (+1)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Jim Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hemel Hempstead, 1972-1978
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Stoke

None

Referee Record

Referee: Jim Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hemel Hempstead, 1972-1978
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 12 April 1975, Villa 5-0 Oldham, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
🔁 | 55' Sub off, John Deehan, Sub on, Ivor Linton 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City

Substitutes

🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 55' |

🟩 12 April 1975, Villa 5-0 Oldham, Villa Park.

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Jim Bent

Scorer(s) | Brian Little | 10' | 35' | 81' | Own Goal | 58' | Chico Hamilton | 90' |

Assists(s) | Keith Leonard | 10' | 35' | John Robson | 81' | Brian Little | 90' |

Game #3333

Division Two

2nd (+1)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Jim Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hemel Hempstead, 1972-19
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Oldham Athletic

None

Referee Record

Referee: Jim Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hemel Hempstead, 1972-1978
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Keith Leonard
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little, Assist by Keith Leonard
💥 | 36’ Missed penalty, Brian Little
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Oldham Athletic
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 3-0, Own Goal, Hicks
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 4-0, Brian Little, Assist by John Robson
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 5-0, Chico Hamilton, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Oldham Athletic

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

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