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Newcastle United 3-2 Aston Villa - May 14, 1977 / Division 1 1976/1977

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Division 1 1976/1977 - Round 42

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

May 14, 1977

Newcastle United

3 - 2

Aston Villa

Paul Cannell

Graham Oates

15'

Paul Cannell

24'

Brian Little

74'

Brian Little

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1' - Goal Brian Little

4' - Goal Paul Cannell4

15' - Goal Graham Oates15

24' - Goal Paul Cannell24

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46' - Substitution Irving Nattrassis substituted by Ray Blackhall46

74' - Goal Brian Little

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

3 - 2

Aston Villa

Newcastle United Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

Mahoney

Mike Mahoney

England

B.date25/10/1950

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Oates15

Graham Oates

England

B.date14/03/1949

Age28 years

positionDefender

McCaffrey

Aiden McCaffrey

England

B.date30/08/1957

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Nattrass46

Irving Nattrass

England

B.date12/12/1952

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Kennedy

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Cassidy

Tommy Cassidy

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1950

Age26 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Nulty

Geoff Nulty

England

B.date13/02/1949

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Craig

Tommy Craig

Scotland

B.date21/11/1950

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Cannell424

Paul Cannell

England

B.date02/09/1953

Age23 years

positionStriker

Burns

Micky Burns

England

B.date21/12/1946

Age30 years

positionForward

Gowling

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mike Mahoney		26	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Oates	15	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aiden McCaffrey		19	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Irving Nattrass	46	24	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		22	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Cassidy		26	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoff Nulty		28	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Craig		26	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Cannell	424	23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Micky Burns		30	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling		28	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

Burridge

John Burridge

England

B.date03/12/1951

Age25 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Robson

John Robson

England

B.date15/07/1950

Age26 years

positionDefender

Nicholl

Chris Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date12/10/1946

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Smith

Gordon Smith

Scotland

B.date03/07/1954

Age22 years

positionDefender

Young

Charles Young

England

B.date14/02/1958

Age19 years

positionDefender

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age18 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Gray

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date30/11/1955

Age21 years

positionForward

Little174

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age23 years

positionForward

Deehan

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age19 years

positionForward

Cropley

Alexander Cropley

Scotland

B.date16/01/1951

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Burridge		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Robson		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Nicholl		30	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Smith		22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Charles Young		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer		25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans		18	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray		21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little	174	23	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan		19	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alexander Cropley		26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Ray Blackhall	46	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Irving Nattrass

Ray Blackhall

OUT

Alan Gowling

Stewart Barrowclough

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Charles Young

Leighton Phillips

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

156

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Newcastle United

2 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on May 14, 1977

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Key figures

It's the first time Graham Oates scores 1 goal vs Aston Villa in his professional career

John Robson played his game number 10 vs Newcastle United in his professional career

It's the first time in his career that Paul Cannell scores at least 2 goals during the same game in Premier League

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle United 5-1 Norwich City12/03/1977

VNewcastle United 1-0 Coventry23/03/1977

VNewcastle United 1-0 Middlesbrough26/03/1977

DNewcastle United 0-0 Leicester09/04/1977

VNewcastle United 3-0 West Ham16/04/1977

LNewcastle United 0-2 Arsenal30/04/1977

Overall

DNewcastle United 0-0 Leicester09/04/1977

VNewcastle United 3-0 West Ham16/04/1977

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Newcastle United23/04/1977

LNewcastle United 0-2 Arsenal30/04/1977

LLeicester 1-0 Newcastle United04/05/1977

LIpswich Town 2-0 Newcastle United07/05/1977

Current form

Away

DBristol City 0-0 Aston Villa02/04/1977

LDerby County 2-1 Aston Villa09/04/1977

VCoventry 2-3 Aston Villa16/04/1977

LArsenal 3-0 Aston Villa25/04/1977

LTottenham 3-1 Aston Villa30/04/1977

LBirmingham City 2-1 Aston Villa10/05/1977

Overall

VAston Villa 1-0 Norwich City23/04/1977

LArsenal 3-0 Aston Villa25/04/1977

LTottenham 3-1 Aston Villa30/04/1977

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester City04/05/1977

VAston Villa 2-1 Leeds United07/05/1977

LBirmingham City 2-1 Aston Villa10/05/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	5
Goalless streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	5	2
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	5	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	38
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
17	Victories (Competition total)	20
13	Victories (Home / Away)	5
13	Draws (Competition total)	6
6	Draws (Home / Away)	4
10	Losses (Competition total)	12
1	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

61	Goals scored (Competition total)	68
37	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
45	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
1.53	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.79
1.85	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.95
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.21
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	22
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
15	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
12	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Micky Burns	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	21 goals	Andy Gray
Micky Burns	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Andy Gray
Tommy Craig	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ray Graydon
Tommy Craig	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Micky Burns	1 goal during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 13 matches	John Deehan

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

32 v

7 d

11 l

112 gf

67 ga

Away

51 matches

11 v

12 d

28 l

56 gf

109 ga

Total

101 matches

43 v

19 d

39 l

168 gf

176 ga

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

28 v

12 d

11 l

109 gf

56 ga

Away

50 matches

11 v

7 d

32 l

67 gf

112 ga

Total

101 matches

39 v

19 d

43 l

176 gf

168 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 26, 1952
Home	6 - 1	April 26, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	November 29, 1902
Away	3 - 0	December 17, 1966

Latest head to head

December 18, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

January 17, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

September 06, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Newcastle United

3 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 17, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Newcastle United

0 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

August 20, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Len White	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Alan Gowling	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Malcolm Macdonald	2 goals	1975 - 1975
Ron McGarry	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Albert Bennett	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Tommy Craig	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Phillip Woosnam	2 goals	1966 - 1966
John Deehan	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Lew Chatterley	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Victor Crowe	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Tony Scott	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Ron Wylie	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Dave Craig	4 matches	1965 - 1966
Jim Iley	4 matches	1965 - 1966
Alwyn Burton	4 matches	1965 - 1966
Mike Mahoney	3 matches	1975 - 1976
Albert Bennett	3 matches	1965 - 1966
Alan Kennedy	3 matches	1975 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Charlie Aitken	6 matches	1965 - 1976
Mick Wright	4 matches	1965 - 1966
John MacLeod	4 matches	1965 - 1966
Dave Pountney	4 matches	1965 - 1966
Colin Withers	4 matches	1965 - 1966
John Sleeuwenhoek	4 matches	1965 - 1966