Game #3418
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 22 February 1977


Won
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Queens Park Rangers
Highbury
Attendance: 40,438
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
Aston Villa
3-0

Queens Park Rangers

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 21' | 89' |
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 22 February 1977
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Queens Park Rangers
🔁 | 50' Sub off, Alex Cropley, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Queens Park Rangers
🟨 | Booking, John Deehan
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 22 February 1977
Villa 🏴 shrug off the neutral replay being played on Rangers' doorstep to hammer their opponents.
Villa qualify for a record breaking fifth League Cup final appearance after finally seeing off a dogged QPR side in the second replay at Highbury.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 hits a hat-trick to make it ⚽ fourteen goals for the season as Ron Saunders 🏴 reaches his fourth League Cup final in five seasons.
Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴 contributes his 🔥 10th assist in a Villa shirt in 🕒 47 appearances.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 scores his ⚽ 50th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 163rd appearance (156 Starts) to make it 🟩 W76 🟨 D44 🟥 L43, ⚽ 50 Goals and 🔥 36 Assists at a rate of one goal every 3.26 games.
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #136 |
Tuesday, 22 February 1977
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🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Bob Matthewson | 🏴 | Bolton, 1968-1977
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 136 | 🟩 | 65 🟨 | 35 🟥 36 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Bob Matthewson | 🏴 | Bolton, 1968-1977
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury

TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.06 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.39 |
Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 19.56 |
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Dave Sexton | 🏴 |

Queens Park Rangers
GK Phil Parkes | 🏴 |
RB Dave Clement | 🏴 |
CB Frank McLintock | 🏴 |
CB David Webb | 🏴 |
LB Ian Gillard | 🏴 |
M Don Masson | 🏴 |
M Dave Thomas | 🏴 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴 |
M Stan Bowles | 🏴 |
CF Don Givens | 🇮🇪 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴 |
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | for M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 50' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M John Hollins | 🏴 |
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

🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | | 8 | 4* | 0 | 0 | 4* | 0 | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury


MATCH REPORTS
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