Game #3417
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 16 February 1977
Drew
Semi Final
WDWLD
League Cup Semi Final
Attendance: 48,429
Queens Park Rangers
Villa Park
Villa and QPR share the spoils in an outstanding game at Villa Park in the League Cup semi final replay as a John Deehan brace is cancelled out in extra time to leave the two clubs facing a second replay at Highbury.
Aston Villa
2-2
Queens Park Rangers
Assist(s) | John Gidman | 97' |
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 16 February 1977
FT Aston Villa 0-0 Queens Park Rangers
63’ Goal, John Deehan
79’ Goal, 1-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Gerry Francis
FT Aston Villa 1-1 Queens Park Rangers
97’ Goal, 2-1, John Deehan, Assist by John Gidman
112’ Missed penalty (Queens Park Rangers), Don Givens
114’ Goal, (Queens Park Rangers), Peter Eastoe
AET Aston Villa 2-2 Queens Park Rangers
Cards.
Booking, Alex Cropley, Late tackle
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa draw after full time and extra time of the semi final to leave the tie all square on aggregate after two legs. The tie will now be settled on a winner takes all tie.
Aston Villa
Queens Park Rangers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67
FIXTURE HISTORY
Queens Park Rangers
Previous 5 vs. QPR: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #135 |
Wednesday, 16 February 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Ron Saunders |
AET Result | Drew |
AET Score | 2-2 |
Aggregate Score | 2-2 |
Last 5 Games | WDWLD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Andy Gray replaces Gordon Cowans.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.04 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 30.37 |
Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 19.55 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders
Aston Villa
GK John Burridge |
CB Chris Nicholl |
RB John Gidman |
FB John Robson |
M Alex Cropley |
M Leighton Phillips |
M Dennis Mortimer |
W Frank Carrodus |
F Brian Little |
F John Deehan |
CF Andy Gray |
Queens Park Rangers
Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Hollins (Eastoe (g)), McLintock, Webb, Thomas, Francis (g), Masson, Bowles, Givens.
Manager: Dave Sexton.
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
"I thought we did more than enough to have won comfortably.
“All they had were half chances and they took them. In fact they took two out of three of them.
"Andy Gray struggled for a lot of the match and I thought about taking him off for the extra-time period but he wanted to stay and I decided to let him in case it affected the other players.
"But this was a wonderful advertisement for football.
“We took a lot of stick after the Ipswich match on Saturday and I hope that the people who handed it out then will dish out the praise now.
“There were long periods in the game when it seemed that we must be on our way to Wembley—but there were also little spells in the game when the gremlins were not on our side.
“But it was a good effort by Rangers to pick themselves up after the penalty had been awarded and after John Burridge had produced that marvellous save."
Ron Saunders.
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 17 February 1977