Game #3420
Wednesday, 2 March 1977
Attendance: 37,396
Won
Division One
4th (-)
Derby County
LDWWW
Villa Park
Gordon Cowans hits his first league goal for Villa to round off a resounding victory over Derby as he took a ball from John Deehan on the edge of the area, flicked it into the air, and the volleyed it into the roof of the net.
Aston Villa
4-0
Derby County
Assist(s) | John Deehan | 81' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
2’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Mortimer, 70 Seconds
15’ Goal, 2-0 John Gidman
31’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little
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
Derby County
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75
FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
Previous 5 vs. Derby County: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Wednesday, 2 March 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Ron Saunders |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 4-0 |
Last 5 Games | LDWWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
CARDS
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
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 |
Derby County
Boulton, Todd, Daniel, Webster, Macken, Langan, King, Newton, James, Hector, George. Manager: Colin Murphy.
SUBSTITUTES
FB Gordon Smith for M David Hughes | 79' |
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
Ray Graydon
Alex Cropley
Andy Gray
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
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 3 March 1977