Game #3394
Aston Villa
4-0-3, 8 PTS
Saturday, 25 September 1976
Won
5th= (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 36,652
Leicester City
Villa Park
0-6-1, 6 PTS
Villa climb back to 5th in the table after beating Leicester at Villa Park as Andy Gray scores for the fifth consecutive game as he nets his tenth goal of the season.
Aston Villa
2-0
Leicester City
Assist(s) | Brian Little | 82' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 September 1976
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Alex Cropley
⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Leicester City
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leicester City
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa win for the first time in three League games to make it four wins and three defeats in seven division one games this season. Meanwhile, midfielder Alex Cropley made his Villa debut after joining from Arsenal for a fee of £125,000 on 21 September 1976.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Leicester City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #112 |
Saturday, 25 September 1976
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 112 | 🟩 | 51 🟨 | 30 🟥 31 | 1.63
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards:
David Richardson
CARDS
Villa
None
Leicester City
None
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders hands Alex Cropley his debut in place of Gordon Cowans.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.20 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.98 |
Youngest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 20.84 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Jimmy Bloomfield | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK John Burridge | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 🟢 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Leicester City
GK Mark Wallington | 🏴 |
LB Dennis Rofe | 🏴 |
CB Jeff Blockley | 🏴 |
D Alan Woollett | 🏴 |
D Stephen Whitworth | 🏴 |
M Steve Kember | 🏴 |
M Jon Sammels | 🏴 |
M Keith Weller | 🏴 |
F Steve Earle | 🏴 |
CF Bob Lee | 🏴 |
CF Chris Garland | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Alan Birchenall | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
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
🟢 M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“When you consider that he [Alex Cropley on debut] has done very little training this week and this in fact was only his second full game in a month, I was very pleased with him.
“He helped us to tighten things up considerably in the middle.
“Midfield is probably the most difficult of all positions in which to play, especially for a newcomer to a side, but he settled down quickly.
“We he is fully match fit he will make and even bigger contribution than he did today.”
Ron Saunders.
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