Pre-season 1977 Spain

[MorrisNielson]

Link to a Spanish newspaper report

http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1977/08/11/pagina-5/1025620/pdf.html

Anybody able to decipher Spanish? (the way the on-topic treads have developed today, I’m sure someone could slip some REM lyrics in there somewhere!)
I am barely literate at the best of times, so there’s no chance of me getting to grips with another language aswell.
Anyway, it shows the 3-4 loss to Anderlecht in the IV Trofeo Villa de Bilbao (I don’t what that is either).
Look at the team, conceded 4 goals despite starting with 2 goalkeepers! (Gray & Deeham not fit enough to start the game, so Saunders put Findlay up front.

[neil strevens]

As nobody else has, I'll reply. Good stuff - didn't know the scorers in that game - think I do now.

[Steve R]

there seems to be a bit of phonetic spelling going on with our teamsheet.  At a guess Ruttres was full back Michael Buttress, and one of the subs, Drhy (for Frank Carrodus) was Andy Gray. Deehan is down as a starter, supposedly partnering Leighton Phillips in defence, with 'Evans' up front. Could be Alan Evans before he was converted to a centre back. All of which sheds no light on the other sub, Defhan. Which could have been another Evans rather than another Deehan.

Chris Nicholl had already left for Southampton, I don't know exactly when Ken McNaught joined but I thought he would have arrived before August 10/11th.

I get the goalscorers to be Mortimer, one of the Deehans maybe from a Robson cross and any one of a Gray header from near the penalty spot after a Buttress cross, a Gray penalty after Buttress has been fouled or Buttress from a Gray knock down near the penalty spot.

Or something else completely.

I wonder if it was Robbie Resenbrink scoring (a hat trick?) for Anderlecht.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bilbao-inttourn.html

IV Trofeo Villa de Bilbao 1977

Participants:     
Athletic Club de Bilbao (Spain)
Aston Villa FC (England)
Dinamo Kyiv (Ukraine)
RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)

Semifinals [Aug 9]
Ath. Bilbao   2-0 Aston Villa FC
  [1-0 Carlos 42´, 2-0 Carlos 89´].
Ath. Bilbao:  Iríbar; Guisasola, Astráin, Alesanco; Escalza, Villar,
              Irureta, Churruca, Dani, Carlos, Rojo I.
Aston Villa:  Burrudge (Finnley); Gregory, Robson, McNaugh;, Philips, Deehan,
              Cowans (Evans), Little, Mortimer, Cropley, Carrodus.   
Dinamo Kyiv   6-1 RSC Anderlecht 
  [1-0 Beresnay 18´, 2-0 Buriak 20´, 2-1 Resembrick (p) 40´,
   3-1 Beresnay 42´, 4-1 Beresnay 50´, 5-1 Slovodian 54´,
   6-1 Bressonov 73´].
Dina. Kyiv:   Yurkousky; Konikov, Matvicnko, Fomenko; Lizinsky, Beresnay;
              Buriak (Slovodian), Onisertro, Kolotov (Resko), Veremejer, Bressonov.
Anderlecht:   De Bree; Van Binst, Brods, Dusbaba; Thisen, Vercauteren;
              Van Der Elst, Haan, Nielse (Reesel), Coeck, Resembrinck (Dockx).     

Third place match [Aug 10]
RSC Anderlecht   4-3 Aston Villa  FC
  [0-1 Mortimier 6´, 1-1 Resembrinck 9´, 2-1 Nielsen 29´,
   3-1 haan 45´,   4-1 Resembrinck 50´, 4-2 Deehan 53´,
   4-3 Ruttres 56´].
Anderlecht:   De Bres; Van Binst, Brods, Dusbaba, Thissen; Vercauteren,
              Vaq Der, Haan; Nielse, Coeck, Rssembrinck (Dockx).
Aston Villa:  Burnidge; Gregory, Ruttres, Philips, Deehan; Mortimer,
              Covans; Little, Findey (Dethan), Evans, Carrodus (Drihy).   

Final [Aug 10]
Ath. Bilbao   1-0 Dinamo Kyiv   
  [1-0 Aitor Aguirre 90´].
Ath. Bilbao:   Iríbar; Lasa, Guisasola, Alexanco; Escalza, Vidal (Rojo II 84´);
               Irureta (Villar 76´), Churruca, Dani (Aitor Aguirre 76´), Carlos, Rojo I.
Dinamo Kyiv:   Yurkouski; Konykov, Lizivsky, Resko; Berezsnai, Fomenkio; Slovodian,
               Veremejev, Buriak, Kolotov (Troskin 34´), Bessonov (Muntian 45´).

[dave.woodhall]

there seems to be a bit of phonetic spelling going on with our teamsheet.  At a guess Ruttres was full back Michael Buttress, and one of the subs, Drhy (for Frank Carrodus) was Andy Gray. Deehan is down as a starter, supposedly partnering Leighton Phillips in defence, with 'Evans' up front. Could be Alan Evans before he was converted to a centre back. All of which sheds no light on the other sub, Defhan. Which could have been another Evans rather than another Deehan.

David Evans?