Game #3413
Saturday, 29 January 1977
Attendance: 46,954
Won
FA Cup 4th Round
4th Round
West Ham United
LLWWW
Villa Park
Villa beat West Ham for the second successive game but this time there is no danger of a late equaliser as the Hammers are put to the sword at Villa Park to earn Villa a fifth round FA Cup spot.
Aston Villa
3-0
West Ham United
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Ham United
57’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Brian Little
Goal, 2-0, John Deehan
Goal, 3-0, Dennis Mortimer
FT Aston Villa 3-0 West Ham United
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa beat West Ham for a second successive game to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Aston Villa
West Ham United
FIXTURE HISTORY
West Ham United
Previous 5 vs. West Ham: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #28 |
Manager Game | #131 |
Saturday, 29 January 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Ron Saunders |
Referee | Pat Partridge, Middlesbrough |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-0 |
Last 5 Games | LLWWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | County Durham, 1966-1981
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Gordon Cowans replaces Alex Cropley.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.29 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 30.32 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 18.27 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders
Aston Villa
GK John Burridge |
CB Chris Nicholl |
RB John Gidman |
FB John Robson |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Leighton Phillips |
M Dennis Mortimer |
W Frank Carrodus |
CF Andy Gray |
F Brian Little |
F John Deehan |
West Ham United
Day (ex), Green, Lock, Taylor T, Lampard, Bonds, Brooking, Jennings, Robson, Radford, Taylor A. Manager: John Lyall.
SUBSTITUTES
None
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M David Hughes |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
Ray Graydon
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"The secret of my success is that I've got intelligent players.
“I don't have to tell them anything.
"He [Brian Little] must have gone over that side for a corner and forgotten to go back [playing out right in the second half].“
Ron Saunders.
“Defences are so scared of Andy’s [Andy Gray’s] reputation they put two men on him and ignore me.
“I’m amazed how much freedom I’ve had recently.
“Yet I also work on creating room for Andy.
“I’m a better player now because I’m not trying to do so much.
“The Manager has told me to concentrate on getting goals so I just give the ball to the midfield men and let them do the donkey work.”
John Deehan.
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 31 January 1977