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Game #3391

Aston Villa

3-0-2, 6 PTS

Saturday, 11 September 1976

Queens Park Rangers

2-1

Aston Villa

Division One

Queens Park Rangers

2-1-2, 5 PTS

Loftus Road

Attendance: 23,602

Lost

4th= (-3)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 30' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Andy Gray puts Villa ahead with his sixth goal of the season before a stunning QPR goal gives the home side the advantage, Villa recover to put pressure on Rangers defence through to the end but it's not enough to prevent a second defeat in six.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 September 1976

⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🥅 | 35’ Goal, 1-1, (Queen Park Rangers), Don Masson
🕒 | HT Queen Park Rangers 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 1-2, (Queen Park Rangers), Dave Clement
🔁 | 75' Sub off, John Robson, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Queen Park Rangers 2-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa make it three wins and two defeats in five division one games this season.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75

Queens Park Rangers

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Queens Park Rangers

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #109 |
Saturday, 11 September 1976

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 109 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 30 🟥 30 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 February 1976, Villa 2-1 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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TEAM NEWS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.21 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.94 |

Youngest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 20.80 |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Dave Sexton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Queens Park Rangers

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dave Clement | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Gillard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Bowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Don Masson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dave Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Don Givens | 🇮🇪 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Eddie Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Mick Leach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"Don't worry, we'll get better. “Naturally Rangers consider that Dave Clement goal was superb. But from our point of view it was bloody awful. “He picked the ball up ten yards to my right and was allowed to run half the length of the pitch before scoring and we didn't get In one tackle." Ron Saunders. "It was a really exciting game. "We played well until our second goal —a memorable goal then Villa took over and showed why they had reached the top of the First Division table.” QPR manager Dave Sexton.

MATCH REPORT

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