Game #3420
Aston Villa
14-3-8, 31 PTS
Wednesday, 2 March 1977
Aston Villa
4-0
Derby County
Division One
Derby County
5-8-11, 18 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 37,396
Won
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Chris Nicholl | 31' | John Deehan | 81' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 2 March 1977
⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Mortimer, 70 Seconds
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 2-0 John Gidman
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by Chris Nicholl
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Derby County
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, David Hughes, Sub on, Gordon Smith
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 4-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by John Deehan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Derby County
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa make it ten goals in three games without reply as they take their Cup form into the league to make it fourteen wins, three draws and eight defeats in twenty five division one games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Derby County
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Wednesday, 2 March 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴 | Hadley Wood, Herts, 1974-1985
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 138 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 35 🟥 36 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴 | Hadley Wood, Herts, 1974-1985
Replaced by J Smith | 🏴 | Coaliffe on 68'
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
David Hughes and Gordon Cowans replace Alex Cropley and Andy Gray.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.17 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.41 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 18.36 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK John Burridge | 🏴 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | ⚽ |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M David Hughes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Colin Murphy | 🏴 |
Derby County
GK Colin Boulton | 🏴 |
CB Peter Daniel | 🏴 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴 |
RB Ron Webster | 🏴 |
RB Tony Macken | 🇮🇪 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
M Jeff King | 🏴 |
M Henry Newton | 🏴 |
M Leighton James | 🏴 |
F Charlie George | 🏴 |
CF Kevin Hector | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 | for M David Hughes | 🏴 | 79' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Jeff Bourne | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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